Scrubbado, subs. (old).—The itch (B. E., Grose).
Scrubber, subs. (Australian).—See
quot.
1859. Kingsley, Geoffry Hamlyn, xxix. The Captain was getting in the scrubbers, cattle which had been left, under the not very careful rule of the Donovans, to run wild in the mountains.
Scrubbing, subs. (Winchester:
obsolete).—A flogging of four
cuts: see Public School Word
Book.
c. 1840. Mansfield, School Life, 109. The ordinary punishment was called SCRUBBING . . . for a more serious breach of duty a flogging of six cuts was administered.
1864. Blackwood's Mag., xcv. 79. The place of execution where delinquents are bibled . . . six cuts . . . four being the sum of a . . . scrubbing.
Scrubbing-brush, subs. phr.
(venery).—The pubic hair: see
Fleece.
SCRUDGE, subs. (provincial).—A
harlot: see Tart.
Scruff, subs. (colonial).—See quot.
1870. Montreal News [Figaro, 25 Nov., 'Codland Habits.' missing] The best society is called 'merchantable,' that being the term for fish of the best quality; while the lowest stratum is 'scruff' or 'dun.'
Verb. (old).—To hang: see Ladder.
Scrumptious, adj. and adv. (colloquial)—First-class;
nice; fastidious.
1835. Haliburton, Clockmaker, 1 S., xxiii. A little tidy, scrumptious-looking sleigh, a real clipper of a horse.
1841. Leman Rede, Sixteen String Jack, iii. 5. Will you dance, Christopher, my scrumtious pet?
1870. Judd, Margaret, 304. I don't want to be scrumptious, judge; but I do want to be a man.
1888. Boldrewood, Robbery Under Arms, xx. We had a scrumptious feed that night.
1891. Lic. Vict. Gaz., 23 Jan. Scrumptious girls who danced at the Alcazar.
1900. Kipling, Stalky & Co., 7. 'Isn't it scrumptious? Good old sea!'
Scrunch, subs. (colloquial).—1. A
hard bite; a crushing blow; and
(figuratively) a complete effect of
tyranny; as verb. = to crush,
to grind down, to squeeze;
scruncher = a glutton.
1851-61. Mayhew, Lond. Lab., 11. 566. I . . . scruntched myself into a doorway, and the policeman passed four or five times without seeing on me.
1865. Dickens, Mutual Friend, 111. v. It's the same . . . with the footmen. I have found out that you must either scrunch them, or let them scrunch you.
1869. Stowe, Oldtown, 480. We . . . shouted 'Hurrah for old Heber!' as his load of magnificent oak . . . came scrunching into the yard.
1888. Fort. Rev., N.S., xliii. 627. At each step there is a scrunch of human bones.
Scud, subs. (common).—(1) A fast
runner; and (2) a HOT spin
(q.v.).
1857. Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, 1. v. I say . . . you ain't a bad SCUD.
2. (American).—In pl. = money: see Rhino.
Verb. (old).—'To Sail, Ride, or Run very fast' (B. E., c. 1696).
Scuddick, subs. (old).—The
smallest item of value (Halliwell):
see quot. 1823.
1823. Bee, Dict. Turf, s.v. Scuddick—is used negatively; 'not a scuddick'—not any brads, not a win, empty clies. 'Every scuddick gone'; 'she gets not a scuddick from me.' does not amend the matter from repetition.
