scrouge

He'd have made the young one scrouge himself up dreadful narrow an' wriggle himself free, somehow.

And I thought wed haf to scrouge down over a whisp of fire to-night in the open.

De little chillun would scrouge around wid deir tin cups and dip into de pan for de bean, pea, or turnip pot liquor.

Then they would scrouge against each other like a couple of country schoolboys, to see who should get ahead.

"You scrouge just like the puppy," was his appreciative comment of her gentle nestling against his little body.