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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1951
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¶SCROOCH, v. Nonce variant of Eng. crouch, to shrink, cower, cringe, phs. with influence from colloq. scrouge, to crush, squeeze. See Crooch, v., and S, letter, 5. [skrutʃ]Ags. 1951 C. Sellars Open the Westport viii.:
It was now impossible to try and pretend that he was six, no matter how he scrooched.
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