scrooched

He sauntered up the hummock and scrooched down beside the barbarian.

Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991

He sauntered up the hummock and scrooched down beside the barbarian.

Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991

So she took her place beside Mercedes and Toady and puffed and panted as the rope slowly unwound, and Billiard, scrooched low in the bucket, disappeared from view.

Tabitha's Vacation Ruth Alberta Brown

"He scrooched down as if he was nosing for something --"

Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

He scrooched down behind the fence and whispered to me to come over into the orchard.

Mitch Miller Edgar Lee Masters 1909

So I scrooched down and laid low in that old nest, and didn't move or let on in any way that I was there.

How Mr. Rabbit Lost his Tail Hollow Tree Stories Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

'em, all scrooched down, with their feet in the earth, trying to make believe they grow there!

Nautilus Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

"Of course I laid pretty low when I heard that," Mr. 'Coon said, "for I knew that Mr. Man would most likely have a gun, so I got into a bunch of leaves and brush that must have been some kind of an old nest, and scrooched down so that none of me would show.

How Mr. Rabbit Lost his Tail Hollow Tree Stories Albert Bigelow Paine 1899