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Definition of Scrounged
1. scrounge [v] - See also: scrounge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrounged
| scrouge scrouged scrouger scrougers scrouges scrouging scrounge scrounge up scrounged scrounger | scroungers scrounges scroungier scroungiest scrounging scroungy scrow scrowdge scrowdged scrowdges | scrowl scrowle scrowled |
Literary usage of Scrounged
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A glossary of French slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"On m'a fabriqué mon tabac, they've scrounged my tobacco. fade, sb. m. ... On m'a
fait mon tabac, my tobacco has been scrounged. 3. ..."
2. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy Of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences Staff, Caroline K. McEuen (1980)
"The tube was entirely laboratory built using surplus transformer bushings as
insulators; many other "scrounged" components constituted the power supply and ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1897)
"We begged, borrowed and scrounged for every scrap; often we were reduced to using
the trim, or waste, from Yank and Stars & Stripes. ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1920 I scrounged around in my trash system trying to find if I had a carbon of
my last to you —Flannery O'Connor, letter, 8 Oct. 1957 This is another ..."
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