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scrouge
▪ I. scrouge, n. colloq. or vulgar. (skruːdʒ, skraʊdʒ) Also scrowge. [f. scrouge v.] 1. A crush, squeeze, or crowd.1839 C. Clark J. Noakes cxxiii, Agin these shows, oh, what a scrowge! 1887 C. Keene Let. in Life xii. (1892) 383, I went to the Academy ‘Swarry’ last night—the usual scrouge. 2. U.S. (S... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ebenezer Scrooge
Commentators have suggested that the surname was partly inspired by the word "scrouge", meaning "crowd" or "squeeze". The word was in use from 1820. wikipedia.org
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scroodge
scroo(d)ge var. forms of scrouge v. Oxford English Dictionary
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scrooch
scrooch, v. dial. and colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.). (skruːtʃ) Also scrouch. [Dialectal var. of scrouge v., perh. reinforced (in later uses) by crouch v.1; see also scrinch v., scringe v.1 and scrunch v.] 1. intr. = scrouge v. 1 b, c; to crouch or bend. Freq. with down. Also fig.1844 ‘J. Slick’ H... Oxford English Dictionary
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City of Echoes
It was shot on the rooftops of downtown LA at night and in the Angeles National Forest by Kenneth Thomas' Scrouge Productions. wikipedia.org
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scrouger
ˈscrouger [f. scrouge v. + -er1.] 1. U.S. Anything exceptional in size, capacity, etc.; a ‘bouncer’.1822 Amer. Beacon (Norfolk, Va.) 6 Sept. 4/1 The barge⁓men..are divided into classes, such as Tuscaloosa Roarers, Alabama Screamers, Cahawba Scrougers, and the like gentle names. 1837 Davy Crockett's ... Oxford English Dictionary
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scrounge
▪ I. scrounge, n. (Formerly at scrounge v.1) colloq. (skraʊndʒ) [f. the vb.] 1. The action of scrounging; freq. in phr. on the scrounge.1927 Daily Express 17 Aug. 3 (heading) Suffolks on the scrounge. Village trek for recruits. 1950 Landfall Mar. 127, I drained my fifth warm bottle-full ages ago and... Oxford English Dictionary
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scourge
▪ I. scourge, n. (skɜːdʒ) Forms: 3–5 schurge, 3–6 schourge, scurge, 3–7 skurge, 4 schorge, 4–5 skourge, scowrge, 4–6 skorge, scorge, 6 scourdge, squorge, 7 skurdge, scurdge, 4– scurge. [a. AF. escorge, escurge, related (the precise nature of the relationship is obscure) to OF. escorgiee (mod.F. écou... Oxford English Dictionary
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tiȝt
▪ I. † tight, tyht, n.1 Obs. Forms: 1–4 tyht (1 tiht), 3 tuht (ü). [OE. tyht m. (with change of gender) = OS. tuht (MLG., MDu., LG., Du. tucht), OHG., MHG. zuht (G. zucht), Goth. *tauhts in ustauhts completion:—OTeut. *tuhti{supz} fem., f. *tuh, weak grade of verb-stem *teuh (see tee v.1, and -t suf... Oxford English Dictionary
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