10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCROUGER»
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ... ...
Scrouger, subs. (American). — Anything exceptional in size, quality, capacity, &c.
1847. Robb, Squatter Life, 106. The gals among em warn't any on your pigeon
creaturs . . . but real sCrougers— any on 'em over fourteen could lick a bar easy.
John Stephen Farmer, Henley, 1903
White ? Why, you're green as an artichoke," pursued the Scrouger. " And couldn't
it smoke, then? Bye, Baby Bunting." The boys laughed. Nagging is excellent sport
, even though your best friend be the victim. Tom started up, white now, indeed, ...
Thomas Russell Sullivan, 1893
Mr. Scrouger, be good enough to tell the jury about the assault which you
sustained at the hands of Mrs. O'Rafferty," said he. The story he told was only a
commonplace one. He had been Mrs. O'Rafferty's landlord, and owing to a little
owing on ...
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Dictionary of Americanisms, 2nd ed. enlarged
Peter Cram, Knickerbocker Mag. And as the North has took to brustlin', At being
scrouged from off the roost, I Ml tell ye what '1I save all tusslin', And give our side
a handsome boost. Biglow Papers, p. 92. Scrouger. A bouncing fellow or girl.
John Russell Bartlett, 1877
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Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases ...
Peter Cram, Knickerbocker Mag. And as the North has took to brustlin', At being
scrouged from off the roost, I'll tell ye what 'II save all tusslin', And give our side a
handsome boost. Siglow Papen, p. 92. Scrouger. A bouncing fellow or girl.
John Russell Bartlett, 1877
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Avery Glibun; or, Between two fires: a romance
Oh good gracious, aint he got to be a scrouger, Mrs. Fry ? " Cook said she should
think so, with an air of pride; and I felt proud, myself, of being a scrouger, though
utterly unaware of what that might be. To the kitchen we repaired, after leaving ...
Robert Henry Newell, 1867
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The Farmers' Register: A Monthly Publication, Devoted to the ...
Conp0 ts a scrouger; he” up a gum, and no bug-eater tell you; he carries a broad
row, weeds out every thing—noes de corn, and digs de taters.”—“Molly look like
kildee; she tnove like handsaw—see how she shake herselti”—"'Hello! in there, ...
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My Father's Name: A Black Virginia Family after the Civil War
Did someone call to him the old waythat blacks in Virginia's Piedmont did during
a spirited hoedown, “Congo is a scrouger; he's up a gum, and no bug-eater I tell
you; he carries a broad row, weeds out every thing—hoes de corn, and digs de ...
Lawrence P. Jackson, 2012
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A history of travel in America: being an outline of the ...
But he found me a real scrouger. I brake three of his ribs, and he knocked out five
of my teeth and one eye. He was the severest colt that ever I tried to break. I
finally got a bite hold that he could not shake off. We were now parted by some ...
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The Farmers' Register, A Monthly Publication, Devoted to the ...
"Con- fo is a scrouger; he's up a gum, and no bug-eater tell you; he carries a
broad row, weeds out every thing — hoes de corn, and digs de taters." — "Molly
look like kildeejshe move like handsaw — see how she Bhake herself)" — "Hello!
in ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCROUGER»
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Mornings Were Key For Ledge Hunters
Rigged on the hair jig, Roumbanis said the bait looked like a gizzard shad and allowed him give the fish a slower presentation. Scrouger head a little. «BassFan.com, Jun 15»
Baby girl's life saved after pram falls in river
Scrouger ! | 0. Report. Profile image for ndjtom. ndjtom | June 05 2014, 9:37AM. Indeed it is heroic, they deserve an official bravery honour from the Queen. | 4. «North Devon Journal, Jun 14»
Skinny dipping with Marilyn... The day Monroe stripped off with an …
Rose, UK land of yob scrouger binge trash, 2 years ago. Michelle Williams, as Marilyn Monroe, what a joke, nothing to do with her neither wit tons of make ups ... «Daily Mail, Nov 11»
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... start of his medical problems,” recalls Jason, still bristling with anger at a recent newspaper accusation that Keith is now an “out of shape benefits scrouger”. «Mirror.co.uk, Mar 09»
