29 Mar
2017
29 Mar
'17
8:05 a.m.
On 2017-03-29 10:50 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On 28 March 2017 at 18:58, Mike Stein via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
But you must have overlooked the intransitive definition below: "to
search about and turn up something needed from whatever source is
available".
I'm pretty sure that's the sense Jim was using (and it's certainly not
restricted to North America; I learned it in British English).
--T
Maybe it has a slightly different connotation on
this side of the pond; I don't think it would mean "borderline theft" for
most people.
I did Google it first! :-)
Note definition 1 here:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrounge
"Steal, swipe"