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Floksnog Folklore: School words for asking for food (7) Folklore: School words for asking for food 06 Apr 11

After the popularity of the list of truanting words from school I thought a slightly more obscure one might be interesting -

The word used at school for asking for food, or those who asked for food.

We had "scabbing" and a "scab" in 1990's Bristol, and I am told it was the same in Coventry at the same time.

Another friend told me that in the 1980's in Torquay it was "Scavving"

I thought it was jus in Bristol but it seems wider spread...

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