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Word of the Day - scrump

An apple a day...or a word, what do you say?

scrump

/skrʌmp/
verb
[with object]informal British
Steal (fruit) from an orchard or garden.

Origin
Mid 19th century from dialect scrump ‘withered apple’.

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