S-C-R-O-G-G-I-N

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Thu Mar 7 02:42:47 UTC 2002


   The DICTIONARY OF NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH has 1940, slightly earlier than OED.  If you thought GORP was "good old raisins & peanuts," then read the NZ entry with this:

THE NEW ZEALAND OUTDOOR COOKBOOK
by Marcelle Pilkinton
Printing Press, Limited
Wellington, NZ
1986

Pg. 72:
SCROG (SCROGGIN)
(...)
The word scroggin was derived from:
S--sultanas
C--chocolate
R--raisins
O--orange peel
G--ginger
G--glucose
I--imagination
N--nuts
These days anything can go into scrog--cubes of almond icing, jubes, pebbles, roasted pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds.



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