verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Nigel scrounged a drink off us before we left.
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We managed to scrounge some cigarettes because we had no money left.
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When I was a kid I never had enough money for the bus, so I had to scrounge .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alcoholics are mocked and tormented when they can not scrounge the kopek needed for their next drink.
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But scrounging supplies and space and creatively arranging the room are second nature to a good teacher.
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For parts, he scrounged around various offices and supply rooms, scavenging what seemed useful.
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I scrounged a pound off her tonight.
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Like their comrades from earlier wars, many GIs developed and refined the craft of scrounging into a high art.
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Little thief, goddamn little thief, always after something, scrounging around.
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They scrounge wiring, plasterboard, wood, all kinds of building materials from local firms and are rebuilding the charred structure.
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We ate heartily every night, we could afford croissants at breakfast, and we stopped scrounging for cigarettes.