scroggin Austral. and N.Z.
(ˈskrɒgɪn)
[Etym. unknown.]
A nourishing snack of raisins, chocolate, nuts, etc., eaten esp. by travellers.
| 1949 H. Wadman Life Sentence 58 We've still got the scroggin with us, if we get hungry on the way down. 1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. vii. 161 A tramper..keeps going on scroggin, a mixture of raisins, sultanas, chocolate, boiled lollies and anything sustaining and easily carried. 1970 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 10 Dec. 23/3 Scroggin, is a mixture of peanuts, almonds, mixed fruit and chocolate well-mulched together to form a high protein and calorie meal. 1971 N.Z. Listener 19 Apr. 56/5 It was hard yakka, nothing but a plate of burgoo and a handful of scroggin since sparrow-chirp. |