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ˈscurrifunge, v. ? dial.
Also scurry-.
[A word of jocular formation, used in various senses with little or no discoverable connexion.]
a. ? trans. To scrub, scour.
b. intr. (See quot. 1777.)
c. ? To wriggle about.
1777Horæ Subsecivæ (MS.) in Eng. Dial. Dict., s.v. Scurrifunge, to lash tightly; coïre. 1789Cowper Let. to Lady Hesketh 6 June, Half a dozen tooth brushes... Two of the brushes abovesaid must be for inside scurryfunging, viz. they must be hooked. 1894Punch 1 Sept. 102/1 So he scurryfunged around with his stomach on the ground,..And he spied ‘a stag of ten’. |