scrounge
Significado (inglés)
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- To hunt about, especially for something of nominal value; to scavenge or glean.
- To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/skɹaʊnd͡ʒ/
Etimoloxía (inglés)
1915, alteration of dialectal scrunge ("to search stealthily, rummage, pilfer") (1909), of uncertain origin, perhaps from dialectal scringe ("to pry about"); or perhaps related to scrouge, scrooge ("push, jostle") (1755, also Cockney slang for "a crowd"), probably suggestive of screw, squeeze. Popularized by the military in World War I.
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