Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who scums; an implement used in skimming; specifically, an instrument used for removing the scum of liquids; a skimmer.
- noun Same as
scumber . - noun Same as
scum-cock .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Excrement; scumber.
- intransitive verb obsolete To scumber.
- noun An instrument for taking off scum; a skimmer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An instrument for taking off
scum - noun
excrement ,scumber - noun UK, soccer, slang, derogatory, offensive A
supporter of Southampton F.C.. - verb
scumber
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Examples
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There is no translation for "mush" (a Pompey term of affection), "scrote" (the opposite) or "scummer" (anyone from Southampton).
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Assault followed by an entirely unplanned and unpremeditated theft from exactly the same victim by exactly the same scummer.
Oooops! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Complaint, Small Hability, and the like; the Vice, Ambidexter, who enters 'with an old capcase on his head, an old pail about his hips for harness, a scummer and a potlid by his side, and a rake on his shoulder'; and the same scuffling and horseplay when the comic element is uppermost.
The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne
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When the vine-grower went to take the crowns he felt such a commotion in his cheeks that his old scummer face let little laughs exude from its pores like smoke pouring out of a chimney, and he could say nothing.
Droll Stories — Volume 1 Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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When the vine-grower went to take the crowns he felt such a commotion in his cheeks that his old scummer face let little laughs exude from its pores like smoke pouring out of a chimney, and he could say nothing.
Droll Stories — Complete Collected from the Abbeys of Touraine Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Take a gallon of new Milk from the Cow, two quarts of Cream, and twelve spoonfuls of Rosewater, put these together in a large Milkpan, and set it upon a fire of Charcole well kindled, (be sure the fire be not too hot) and let it stand a day and a night; then take it off and dish it with a slice or scummer, let no Milk be in it, lay it in a
The Gentlewoman's Companion: or,%0AA Guide to the Female Sex 1675
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Ask yourself this, if you were to find out some scummer was asking your other half to be their f×ck buddy, would it annoy you?
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Ask yourself this, if you were to find out some scummer was asking your other half to be their f×ck buddy, would it annoy you?
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Ask yourself this, if you were to find out some scummer was asking your other half to be their f×ck buddy, would it annoy you?
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Ask yourself this, if you were to find out some scummer was asking your other half to be their f×ck buddy, would it annoy you?
Army Rumour Service 2010
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