A marijuanauser who will go to great lengths to gather any and all remnants of leaves, stems, seeds, etc... from all pieces of paraphernalia, bottles, cases, etc... to get high until his/her dealer calls them back, which always holds enormous uncertainties.
Kevin, the ultimate scrounger, accumulated enough scraps to fill a bowl for two, right after I had told him we were out.
Someone who doesnt smoke on a regular basis but they will steal, or scrounge, one of your cigarettes due to their 'social' or 'casual' smoking habits. You are normally liable to be scrounged from after these 'casual' smokers have had a beer or two.
The occasional hobo, bum or tightwad that roams around the arcade machines, pay phones, candy machines, newspaper machines, ect, in bowling alleys or other public places. Looking for forgotten change in the coin return.
Randy looks through every coin return in town just to find change so he can pay off his new POS car he's such a Change Scrounger
To obtain something by means of clever and resourceful investigation and surreptitious action. The careful and prudent scrounger never reveals his sources, or whether the scrounged object was stolen or merely liberated from its surroundings.
A scrounger is an important and valued person in prison camps, jails, and college dormatories.
The Captain sent Sergeant Bates out to scrounge for a camera and some film.