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scrummy

[ skruhm-ee ]

adjective

Chiefly British Informal.
scrummier, scrummiest.


scrummy

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adjective

  1. delicious; lovely
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of scrummy1

First recorded in 1910–15; scrum(ptious) + -y 1
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of scrummy1

C20: from scrumptious
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“Do I detect a scrummy hint of cumin?â€

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Tonight’s both look scrummy, with Real Madrid visiting Atalanta and our focus very much on Manchester City’s trip to Mönchengladbach Budapest in search of a logic-defying 19th successive victory.

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He said it was fresh and scrummy!

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Mr. Wittrock has, too, with a compact résumé of diverse stage and screen roles, most notably as one of Ryan Murphy’s eclectic ensemble, playing Fun House psychos and scrummy vampires in the campy fright fest “American Horror Show.â€

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Chance writes largely from the points of view of the family’s happy dogs — two corgis named Dookie and Lady Jane, three Labradors named Mimsy, Stiffy and Scrummy, a Tibetan lion dog named Choo-choo, a golden retriever named Judy and a cocker spaniel named Ben — pausing only to praise the owners for being “not merely people who love dogs but warmhearted, human people who, understanding their animals, are therefore understood by them in return.â€

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