Scrounging

He remembered long afternoons spent with other boys in scrounging round dustbins and rubbish heaps, picking out the ribs of cabbage leaves, potato peelings, sometimes even scraps of stale breadcrust from which they carefully scraped away the cinders; and also in waiting for the passing of trucks which travelled over a certain route and were known to carry cattle feed, and which, when they jolted over the bad patches in the road, sometimes spilt a few fragments of oil-cake. ❋ Unknown (1949)

Yesterday, collections were slow until Zubair came up with the idea of scrounging out a few cartons (one of the few advantages of our littering habit), sticking on chart paper with a message such as "donate to fund for Balochistan earthquake victims", and then going up and down traffic lanes when the signal turned red. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Between the heat and my Weight Watchers-inspired insistence that all meals be under 7 points, we've been doing a lot of "scrounging," which generally entails my eating hummus and veggies for supper and Mark eating chips and salsa or something similar. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The dinner -- the result of two days '"scrounging" under the direction of George -- was too good to be true. ❋ William Henry Lowe Watson (N/A)

In the resulting piece we were told how "scrounging" James Smith, 48, had "grabbed £35k in welfare handouts by claiming he couldn't hobble more than 20 metres - even with a stick".

Reality TV programmes that feature Britain's youngest mums - who are usually single mothers - have done little to move the debate on single parents on from the concept of 'scrounging' off the state. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Then we came across an American who was 'scrounging' or something in an empty house. ❋ George Herbert Fosdike Nichols (N/A)

Now, all I have to be is stay patient and keep scrounging the shops until I can snag a copy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

People are scrounging for everything that they have. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His successes so far—like scrounging enough fuel to keep some of Rikuzentakata's remaining cars running a few days more, or securing supplies for the 10,000 citizens who remain homeless here—in some ways only underscore the daunting scale of the task ahead. ❋ Gordon Fairclough (2011)

Unfortunately, my contributions are relegated to scrounging for older editions I come across in the used bookstores. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As of 2010, the Diocese of Niagara has already spent well over $320,000 on legal fees and has been rather shy about saying where the money is coming from; perhaps it is scrounging from other dioceses. ❋ Unknown (2010)

How much longer could they go on like this — traveling aimlessly, scrounging for increasingly dwindling supplies of food and fuel, and picking up the occasional survivor stranded amidst the flotsam of the civilized world? ❋ Unknown (2009)

They'd convinced producer Hunter Gray to pony up a small budget -- and I mean very, very small -- and the two of them began shooting around West Haven, Connecticut, calling in favors and scrounging and scamming as necessary. ❋ William Mapother (2011)

The search leaves creditors scrounging for the few other remaining assets in the once-extensive estate of Mr. Mastro, who was pushed into bankruptcy by three banks in 2009, when he was unable to pay his debts. ❋ Eliot Brown (2011)

More disturbing than the smelly, unwashed, scrounging, hippies is …. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

I had been so used to scrounging for what I can through used-books before last year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Lets just show up at [Deans] with [no money] and just [scrounge] up as much weed as we can get." ❋ The Daily Smokers (2009)

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.” ❋ AKACroatalin (2019)

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. ❋ Croatalin (2014)

The Scrounge, it's [got to] [be better] than [work]. ❋ Skutchgrass (2007)

[The Captain] sent [Sergeant] [Bates] out to scrounge for a camera and some film. ❋ Bumkicker Slade (2005)

I ran out of weed so i was Scrounging [throught] my [pockets] and my car and found about [a gram]. ❋ JesusinaJello (2006)

Ever heard of a complimentory breakfast [Paris]? [Fucking skank] bitch. Scrounging. [Breakfast of champions]. ❋ Vulch5 (2015)

[Alex] [Glatt] is a [scrounge] ❋ Joyezz420 (2009)

Shit, [bar] is about to close, let’s stop by [skybar] and try to get some [scrounge]. ❋ ChupaCabra69 (2018)

[Randal] [Goins] is a huge [dirty] scrounge! ❋ B-Rash Aka "Every Time" (2003)