scrooch down
Example Sentences
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Now, Bud," Mr. Cullum said, when the bag was set on the edge of the gully, with its mouth towards the prairie, "you jest scrooch down behind this here sack an' hold the candle.
From Southern Lights and Shadows by Howells, William Dean
“Oh,” sez he, “I mean to do it sly; I could scrooch down and pretend to be fixin’ my shues.”
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
Before I could see what would happen next, Mister Shepherd pulled me back from the aisle and had me scrooch down under a bench.
From Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Smith, Jewell Ellen
“I don’t believe it,” sez he; “nobody loves to scrooch down flat with their legs under ’em numb as sticks.”
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
To duck, you scrooch down, and shrink in, to get as much as possible of your body under the eaves of your steel helmet.
From The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me by White, William Allen
