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scrummy, a. colloq.|ˈskrʌmɪ|
[f. scrumptious a. + -y1.]
Excellent, fine, ‘smashing’; enjoyable, delicious.
1915Mrs. H. Ward Eltham House i. 14 You've got to change and rest..before dinner!.. You've got to put on a scrummy frock too! 1918Galsworthy Five Tales 122 He's promised to take mother and me to the theatre and supper afterwards. Won't it be scrummy! 1923‘R. Crompton’ William Again viii. 147 The cakes had been scrummy. 1928― William—the Good viii. 220 ‘Does it [sc. the trap-door] go out on to the roof?’ called the Outlaws... ‘Yes, it does. It's scrummy. Right on the edge of the roof.’ 1960News Chron. 8 July 8/5 Out spring the five white tubers of a corpse's hand. Scrummy! 1977Harper's & Queen Nov. 52/2 Scrummy French food in cosy surroundings. |