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  • ( "Scrounging," an exciting operation whereby the required article is obtained by any means otherwise than legal.)

    Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry A. Stanley Blicq

  • Franklin has posted this clip of their encounter and writes on her Benefit Scrounging Scum blog:"Ed Miliband has been in touch to say he intends to honour his promise to meet with us and discuss sickness and/or disability issues in relation to welfare which we are all very much looking forward to."

    Society daily 30.09.11 2011

  • Scrounging together extra money for the lavish bonuses of years past was inconceivable, but what surprised him was his reaction to the realization.

    Lita Smith-Mines: There's No Place Like Numb Lita Smith-Mines 2010

  • Scrounging together extra money for the lavish bonuses of years past was inconceivable, but what surprised him was his reaction to the realization.

    Lita Smith-Mines: There's No Place Like Numb Lita Smith-Mines 2010

  • Scrounging for that amount of money had never been a consideration.

    Destined Patricia Haley 2010

  • Scrounging together extra money for the lavish bonuses of years past was inconceivable, but what surprised him was his reaction to the realization.

    Lita Smith-Mines: There's No Place Like Numb Lita Smith-Mines 2010

  • Scrounging about and trying to get a sick note so that they can be declared ‘unfit for work’, rather than take the time and effort to sign on.

    Get In Line « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • He begins by ridiculing people who blame the change on virtually non-existent policy changes:Scrounging about for a policy explanation for declining unionization, Levy...

    EconLog: Labor Market Archives 2010

  • Scrounging packs of politicos, snapping, snarling and sending green bills flying sky-high as they root through the tangled mass with ragged claws.

    Paglia's purple piffle. Ann Althouse 2009

  • Scrounging for food, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

    Archive 2009-11-01 photographerno1 2009

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