British slang for obtaining goods and services without having to pay for them. The word can be used in two rather different ways:
1 If it is for personal advantage then the word has certain negative implications, that the person doing the
scrounging is not wholly trustworthy;
2 If it is to further a project at work or to obtain goods, materials or money for a charity then there can be a certain
amount of admiration.
1 If it is for personal advantage then the word has certain negative implications, that the person doing the
scrounging is not wholly trustworthy;
2 If it is to further a project at work or to obtain goods, materials or money for a charity then there can be a certain
amount of admiration.
1 “I see Jan’s mumping drinks again.”
“What a scrounging old fart she is.”
2 “How did you get the job finished so quickly?
“Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some brand new 2 x 1 someone had dumped in a skip.”
“What a scrounging old fart she is.”
2 “How did you get the job finished so quickly?
“Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some brand new 2 x 1 someone had dumped in a skip.”
by AKACroatalin March 15, 2019
Get the Scrounging mug.British slang for obtaining goods or services without having to pay for them. This can be for personal advantage or to further a project or piece of work; it can also be to obtain goods, materials or money for a charitable organisation.
How did you get the job finished so quickly?
Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some plastic piping, brand new, that someone had dumped in a skip.
Johnny went out scrounging and brought back some plastic piping, brand new, that someone had dumped in a skip.
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Get the Scrounging mug.The act of scavenging crumbs off the floor of a Hilton Hotel lounge because you couldnt afford breakfast.
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Scrounging. Breakfast of champions.
Scrounging. Breakfast of champions.
by Vulch5 October 29, 2015
Get the Scrounging mug.A light scrounging tard is the name given to a chav who goes out and buys cigarettes and yet has no idea you have to light them until they leave the shop and open the packet. They then proceed to ask random members of the public, mainly people they don't like (mostly greebo kids) for a light.
Chav: Yo man, you got a light?
Member of Public: What? You light scrounging tard, you spent about a fiver on a packet of cigarettes and yet didn't spend the 10p needed for a box of matches? Fuck Off!
Member of Public: What? You light scrounging tard, you spent about a fiver on a packet of cigarettes and yet didn't spend the 10p needed for a box of matches? Fuck Off!
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Get the light scrounging tard mug.exploring your neighborhood's alleys, parks, abandoned parking lots, construction sites, etc, finding "usable" junk (furniture, statues, CD's, etc...), then selling said junk at your own yard sale
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