Adjective, : scroungy clothes. From Dictionary.com.
I don't trust that scroungy little dwarf, not for a moment. From Wordnik.com. [The Doom Brigade]
Some people feel too scroungy if they don't do it after every meal. From Wordnik.com. [Organize Your Life!] Reference
Most people feel too scroungy if they don't brush their teeth every day. From Wordnik.com. [Organize Your Life!] Reference
It was one of the underpass kids, the scroungy runaways I kept my distance from. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
Youth groups were traveling, but they all did hikes and stayed in the scroungy places. From Wordnik.com. [Vacation] Reference
There was also a single, nattily dressed rabbit and one scroungy-looking bat, smaller and even uglier than Pog. From Wordnik.com. [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference
"Still a scroungy-looking lot you've got there, Tore," the gatekeeper called as they double-timed into the Guild stronghold. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
All her family and her friends and only a handful of mine all scroungy and bearded just waiting to get at the drinks and food. From Wordnik.com. [Corso] Reference
Only after I succeeded in making a mess of myself did Mr. Field Notes point out I should have peed on one of the scroungy looking "bushes.". From Wordnik.com. [Toto is Known For Toilets] Reference
But also many houses where nothing was cooking, where no one was laughing or even talking, dark rooms full of weary faces and scroungy dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
Willetts says he "always had this parasitic side ... something in me was very scroungy", and as his father's health worsened he took advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Willetts: A season in hell] Reference
Who would have thought a girl from Chagrin Falls, Ohio who lived on Applebrook Drive with her scroungy but lovable German Shepherd named Pepper, would one day grow up to talk to the leaders of the world about a new dog in the White House!. From Wordnik.com. [Wendy Diamond: Setting a New President in Pet Adoption] Reference
"These aren't just scroungy dogs on the side of the road," Gambill said. From Wordnik.com. [STLtoday.com Top News Headlines] Reference
Fellas and ladies, Florida absolutely punked the scroungy Dawgs in this game. From Wordnik.com. [Orange and Blue Hue] Reference
"He was just really scroungy looking and scroungy talking," said Pat Glenn, 67, of Lincoln. From Wordnik.com. [Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage] Reference
Let's hope Mikami finally starts changing becoming less scroungy after the last experience. From Wordnik.com. [Baka Updates Manga] Reference
Anyway, as a side issue, Walcott turned the game when he came on; Song is NOT a centre half so stop being scroungy Wenger and buy another one pre-season; Almunia is still a clown despite all the saves; Bendtner looked quite good as a target man; Nasri could quite capably fill in for Fabregas for the rest of the season. From Wordnik.com. [TEAMtalk Football News] Reference
Absorbing the lefty, low-rent boho mise en scène of the Berkeley campus following a tour of duty in the air force ( "Things were simple then," he would later muse about his scroungy Berkeley days, adding, "All there was to worry about was man's destiny"), Sahl sauntered onstage with a folded newspaper and swatted current events around ( "keeping up on current events" being a prime directive of the postwar era) as if it were the most natural thing in the world to do. From Wordnik.com. [Mort the Knife] Reference
“If you’re not at work, you’re out on the boat with Dawn, or riding your Harley with those scroungy mutts you call friends.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Honor Farm] Reference
A scroungy informer, "said the lawyer for one of the suspects-while William Kunstler, the doyen of left-legal activists and the attorney for defendant Siddig Ali, charged that the FBI had" masterminded this 'conspiracy' from start to finish. ". From Wordnik.com. [The New Terrorism] Reference
Selquist paled beneath his scroungy beard. From Wordnik.com. [The Doom Brigade]
One scroungy mutt had sniffed him out of hiding. From Wordnik.com. [Hubbard, Edward L.] Reference
This is the woman who saved Braden's life not many years ago by kicking his scroungy behind when he desperately needed it kicked. ". From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Protesters looking scroungy in earth tones. From Wordnik.com. [Letters in Bottles] Reference
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