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单词 scrumping
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scrumpingn.

Brit. /ˈskrʌmpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈskrəmpɪŋ/
Forms: 1800s scrumpim' (perhaps transmission error), 1800s– scrumping.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: scrump n., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: Apparently < scrump n. + -ing suffix1. Compare later scrump v.
British colloquial (originally English regional).
The action or practice of stealing fruit, esp. apples, from an orchard or garden.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > apples
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1866 R. Hallam Wadsley Jack iv. 17 Dick Greasy..ax'd me if I'd mak' one to goa a scrumpim', that is, fetchin' apples off sumboddy's trees.
1927 P. Riley Memories Blue-jacket iii. 28 All boys know it is wrong to steal the farmer's apples, but it is looked upon as a sport. It was known in Devonshire as ‘scrumping’.
1957 Times 20 Aug. 5/1 Scrumping is an offence which perhaps no one in this court-room has not committed.
1986 P. Barker Century's Daughter xii. 199 It reminded her of the grass in an orchard where she'd gone scrumping as a child.
2015 B. Oddie Unplugged iii. 23 Scrumping was fruit theft, but it lured the immature me into orchards and gardens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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