scravel
scravel v 1. To gather up in great haste. For example: "Let's scravel up the fish before the shower comes." 2. To move quickly and in frantic fashion, as on hands and feet, clawing one's way ahead. The word seems to be a corruption of "scrabble" and/or 'scramble.&q...
| Format: | Manuscript |
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| Language: | English |
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1974
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/52512 |
| Summary: | scravel v 1. To gather up in great haste. For example: "Let's scravel up the fish before the shower comes." 2. To move quickly and in frantic fashion, as on hands and feet, clawing one's way ahead. The word seems to be a corruption of "scrabble" and/or 'scramble." DNE-cit JH 10/74 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 2 Used I Source listed in DNE as P 13-74. |
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