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scunge

/ skʌndʒ /

verb

  1. to borrow
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a dirty or worthless person
  2. a person who borrows, esp habitually
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scunge1

C20: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

His Bowery Bums, all rags and filthy, mottled flesh, lying in an appalling detritus of empty bottles and scunge, is one of the most grossly truthful pieces of social observation in American art.

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