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scrounges

scrounges is the plural of scrounge.

Meaning of scrounge

Noun

scrounge (plural scrounges)

  1. Someone who scrounges; a scrounger.
  2. An act of scrounging; a trip taken for the purpose of scrounging.
    • "Still, it's not much good sending you two off on a medical supplies scrounge. What about food and general stores? Suit you?"1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 107

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Phrases with scrounges

Questions about scrounges

What is scrounges the plural of?
Scrounges is the plural of scrounge.

Words near scrounges in the dictionary

  1. scrounged down
  2. scrounged out
  3. scrounged up
  4. scrounger
  5. scroungers
  6. scrounges
  7. scrounges down
  8. scrounges out
  9. scrounges up
  10. scroungier
  11. scroungiest

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