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scunge refers to very thick scrub that is difficult to force your way through: We really got slowed down when we got into the scunge.

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verb 1.  to bludge something from someone: Can I scunge a cigarette off you?
noun 2.  someone who scunges all the time.

Contributor's comments: When I was growing up (in Ballarat, Vic) 'scunge' was used to mean beg or borrow as well as beggar or borrower. As in: Can I scunge twenty cents off you to buy a drink?' and 'Gloria is a real scunge, she's always borrowing my lipstick'.

Contributor's comments: When growing up on the NSW mid-north coast we also used a form of this term 'scungie' to refer to someone who was tight fisted with their goods or possessions.

Contributor's comments: Scunge used in Latrobe Valley, Victoria to mean beg/borrow - presumably from "scrounge".

Contributor's comments: In Melbourne scunge can be used as in 'scunge money off people'. A scungy type person would do that. But scungy can also mean dirty and decrepit e.g. for clothes.