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scunge

British  
/ skʌndʒ /

verb

  1. to borrow

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a dirty or worthless person

  2. a person who borrows, esp habitually

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of scunge

C20: of unknown origin

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His Bowery Bums, all rags and filthy, mottled flesh, lying in an appalling detritus of empty bottles and scunge, is one of the most grossly truthful pieces of social observation in American art.

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