On 29 March 2017 at 17:05, Toby Thain via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > 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).
No, it's a fair cop, I did notice that. I specifically looked for an American source today, but yesterday I didn't. It seems very odd to me to talk about scrounging something that you already own, though, that's the point. -- Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • Google Mail/Talk/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven • Skype/LinkedIn/AIM/Yahoo: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 • ČR/WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal: +420 702 829 053
