On 2017-03-29 10:50 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
On 28 March 2017 at 18:58, Mike Stein via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
Maybe it has a slightly different connotation on this side of the pond; I don't think it
would mean "borderline theft" for most people.
I did Google it first! :-)
Note definition 1 here:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrounge
"Steal, swipe"
But you must have overlooked the intransitive definition below: "to
search about and turn up something needed from whatever source is
available".
I'm pretty sure that's the sense Jim was using (and it's certainly not
restricted to North America; I learned it in British English).
--T
