scran


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scran

(skræn)
n
1. slang food; provisions
2. bad scran to dialect Irish bad luck to
[C18: of unknown origin]

Scran

 a collection of things to eat; the provisions for a picnic; food carried by labourers to the field, 1887; broken or unpleasant food.
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scran

[skræn] N (Brit) → comida f
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Scran score HINNIES 10 East Parade, Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, NE26 1AP Tel: 0191 447 0500 Food served: Noon to 4pm Rating: 17/20 Character.
Head to the coast for a Sunday treat
Do you remember these: BAZZERKING (relaxing), blacK bright (very dirty), chuddy (chewing gum), Kay-lie (sherbert), scran (food) and spogs (sweets).
Nah, then flower, read on ..
Sam Allardyce has been living near the Mirror's Canary Wharf base since joining the Hammers and can often be seen enjoying a Big Scran in one of the financial centre's cafe bars of a weekend.
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Mind you, there's plenty of nice places here to get some scran.
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A classic moment as the Un-happy Monday moaned: "You don't walk into someone's camp and just scran their passion fruit.
A bit low on Aggro
Warner said that, sometime before April 15 last year, he was standing in a scran (meal) line when he heard Able Seaman (AB) Mark Leach saying there was a 200-dollar prize for the first sailor who could sleep with Seaman Shauna Utber.
HMAS Success sailor admits telling colleague: 'l want to see your boobs bounce'
Users in Scottish schools can log in through Glow, or through their SCRAN account.
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Far better to watch some quality trash like this where the wife of England centre-forward Emile Heskey and Nicola T (who appeared on the last Celeb BB) are among the honorary MENSA members donning their Ed Hardy tabards to cook up some pre-World Cup scran.
best reality
I'd a been better off cookin' some Sainsbury's scran, innit
Food: TAKE IT FROM ME; EATING OUT FAST FOOD SPECIAL
Scran score THE LAMBS ARMS Crawcrook, NE40 4HJ Tel: 0191 413 2509 Food served: Noon to 5pm Rating: 17/20 Character.
A decent roast at a decent price
Kaylz Anne: "You don't need to speak to anyone but you wait ages for your scran.
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Space for all - from couples like us to happy families or, as on the night we visited, large groups (they were expecting a 15-strong party - Gary Monk's lads on a team bonding scran fest?
Decent pub grub in the company of an old sea dog; THIS WEEK WE ARE AT THE SHIP IN LOW WORSALL. DAVE ROBSON GIVES HIS VERDICT

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