scrounger

Example Sentences

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He was scrouged up in a corner and his legs were trembling.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

‘Father, suppose you set on Highboy’s lap. I believe you be more comfortable than scrouged up here with us and all this furniture.’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

The paired-off cave-dwellers merely scowled on us as we scrouged past them to a vacant bench in a far corner.

From Europe Revised by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

Backbone has been so scrouged and put upon by the summer's work that he sometimes cuts up amazing.

From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe

She scrouged herself over into her own corner and laughed a scornful laugh.

From Tripping with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell