on the scrounge

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Prepositional phrase[edit]

on the scrounge

  1. Engaged in scrounging.
    • 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 94:
      "On the scrounge, are you?" said Gobling. "Shouldn't think you've ever done a day's work in your life."
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