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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1933

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SCRUNCH, n. Food, of pigs.Kcd. 1933 L. G. Gibbon Cloud Howe 212:
Sim Leslie had come up to the Manse like a sow seeking scrunch.

[From Eng. scrunch, to munch, crunch with the teeth, the noise so made.]

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