also SCURRYFUNGE DEFINITIONS CONTINUED (as SCURRYFUNGE) n. a hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbour coming, and the time they knock on the door ...1975 Amer. dial. (Maine) vb. to hastily make tidy ...1975 Amer. dial. (Maine) another definition is suggested below From: The Gentleman's Magazine Volume CCLXVII July to December 1889 Ilfracombe and Lundy P. 522 From E-NED: a word of jocular formation, used in various senses with little or no discoverable connection 1777 - Horæ Subsecivæ (in English Dialect Dictionary); "SCURRIFUNGE to lash tightly; coire" From: The Works of William Cowper:
Edited by Robert Southey Volume IV, 1854 Cowper's Letters, 1788-1799 P. 82
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