scroggin

See also: Scroggin

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

scroggin (uncountable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A pre-prepared mixture of dried fruit and nuts to eat as a snack while bushwalking. [from 20th c.]
   • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 49:

     Tonight scroggin, cheese and dried fruit will do.

   • 2010, Charles Rawlings-Way, Brett Atkinson, New Zealand, Lonely Planet, page 76:

     And don′t forget your scroggin – a mixture of dried fruit and nuts (and sometimes chocolate) for munching en route.

   • 2010, Warwick Sprawson, The Overland Track: Cradle Mountiain to Lake St Clair, Australia: Red Dog Books, page 179:

     Trail mix or ‘Scroggin’, is a mix of dried fruit, nuts and sometimes chocolate that′s popular with hikers.

Synonyms

• (food for bushwalking): gorp, trail mix