scrougern.

Etymology: < scrouge v. + -er suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscrouger.

1. U.S. Anything exceptional in size, capacity, etc.; a ‘bouncer’.

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1822 Amer. Beacon (Norfolk, Va.) 6 Sept. 4/1 The barge~men..are divided into classes, such as Tuscaloosa Roarers, Alabama Screamers, Cahawba Scrougers, and the like gentle names.

1837 Davy Crockett's Almanack Wild Sports 1838 I. iv. 13 He found me a real scrouger. I brake three of his ribs.

1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 106 The gals among 'em warn't any on your pigeon creaturs,..but raal scrougers—any on 'em..could lick a bar, easy.

1852 T. C. Haliburton Traits Amer. Humor (1866) xxi. 119 A drum, and a regular scrouger at that.

2. A fishing-line fitted with several hooks used for illegal fishing (= scrodgill n.).

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > illicit line

scrouger1897

snatch1899

snag-line1936

1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous viii, in McClure's Mag. Feb. 351/1 A man..had been convicted of using a tackle with five or six hooks—a ‘scrowger,’ they call it—on the Shoals.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	scrouger
释义	scrougern. Etymology: < scrouge v. + -er suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈscrouger. 1. U.S. Anything exceptional in size, capacity, etc.; a ‘bouncer’. ΚΠ 1822 Amer. Beacon (Norfolk, Va.) 6 Sept. 4/1 The barge~men..are divided into classes, such as Tuscaloosa Roarers, Alabama Screamers, Cahawba Scrougers, and the like gentle names. 1837 Davy Crockett's Almanack Wild Sports 1838 I. iv. 13 He found me a real scrouger. I brake three of his ribs. 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 106 The gals among 'em warn't any on your pigeon creaturs,..but raal scrougers—any on 'em..could lick a bar, easy. 1852 T. C. Haliburton Traits Amer. Humor (1866) xxi. 119 A drum, and a regular scrouger at that. 2. A fishing-line fitted with several hooks used for illegal fishing (= scrodgill n.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fishing-line > [noun] > illicit line scrouger1897 snatch1899 snag-line1936 1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous viii, in McClure's Mag. Feb. 351/1 A man..had been convicted of using a tackle with five or six hooks—a ‘scrowger,’ they call it—on the Shoals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1822
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