scraffle

scraffle
I
Cleveland Dialect List
to struggle or strive: 'I came scraffling my way through the market'
II
North Country (Newcastle) Words
to scramble, to climb up by the help of the hands; scraffling - working hard to obatin a livelihood

English dialects glossary. 2013.

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  • Scraffle — Scraf fle (skr[a^]f f l), v. i. [See {Scramble}: cf. OD. schraeffelen to scrape.] To scramble or struggle; to wrangle; also, to be industrious. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scraffle — scraf·fle …   English syllables

  • scraffle — ˈskrafəl verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: perhaps alteration of scrabble (I) dialect England : scramble …   Useful english dictionary

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