scrounge

Definitions


[skraʊn(d)ʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth
(e.g: he had managed to scrounge a free meal)


Phrases:
- on the scrounge

Origin:
early 20th century: variant of dialect scrunge ‘steal’


[skraʊn(d)ʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of scrounging
(e.g: we went for a scrounge)


Phrases:
- on the scrounge

Origin:
early 20th century: variant of dialect scrunge ‘steal’




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