scrogginn.
/ˈskrɒɡɪn/, U.S. /ˈskrɑɡɪn/, Australian English /ˈskrɔɡɪn/, New Zealand English /ˈskrɒɡɪn/ Australian and New Zealand.
A nourishing snack of raisins, chocolate, nuts, etc., eaten esp. by travellers.
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1949 H. Wadman Life Sentence 58 We've still got the scroggin with us, if we get hungry on the way down.
1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. vii. 161 A tramper..keeps going on scroggin, a mixture of raisins, sultanas, chocolate, boiled lollies and anything sustaining and easily carried.
1970 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 10 Dec. 23/3 Scroggin, is a mixture of peanuts, almonds, mixed fruit and chocolate well-mulched together to form a high protein and calorie meal.
1971 N.Z. Listener 19 Apr. 56/5 It was hard yakka, nothing but a plate of burgoo and a handful of scroggin since sparrow-chirp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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