scrouge (third-person singular simple present scrouges, present participle scrouging, simple past and past participle scrouged)
(UK, dialect and US, colloquial, transitive) To crowd; to squeeze.
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Source: Wiktionary
Scrouge, v. t. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Definition: To crowd; to squeeze. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 June 2025
(noun) an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
