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Definition of Scrumps
1. scrump [v] - See also: scrump
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrumps
Literary usage of Scrumps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"scrumps, sb. pl. Apples. Scrunch, va To bite up greedily and noisily ; to crunch.
Oxf. Scuff, vn or a. To scrape with the feet in walking. Glouc. Gloss. ..."
2. A Study in the Warwickshire Dialect by Appleton Morgan (1899)
"Shut on—Ee had my shut on scrumps = I have got rid of my apples. All of a jilt—My
muck- ender's all of a jilt=my handkerchief is ragged. Scud. Tempest. ..."
3. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"scrumps, ab. jil. Apples. Scrunch, va To bite up greedily and noisily ; to crunch.
Oxf. Scuff, vn or a. To scrape with the foet in walking. Glouc. ..."
4. A List of Words and Phrases in Every-day Use by the Natives of Hetton-le by Francis Milnes Temple Palgrave (1896)
"scrumps = Apples. Wane». Seven-coloured linnet = Goldfinch. Shining =
Stealing—particularly apple stealing. Wane. Sigh, vn To waste, to fade, ..."
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