Scran
//skɹan// noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub. Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable
"Let we gan and get some scran. Aw’m starvin man!"
- 2 Refuse; rubbish. uncountable
Verb
- 1 To eat. Scotland, slang
- 2 To steal in an impish manner; pinch, nick. Northern-England, slang
Example
More examples"Let we gan and get some scran. Aw’m starvin man!"
Etymology
Probably of North Germanic origin, from or cognate with Old Norse skran (“rubbish; marine stores”). Compare Icelandic skran (“junk”), Danish skrammel (“junk, lumber”). Doublet of scrawn.
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