scroggin en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Origin unknown.
Meanings
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(Australia, New-Zealand, uncountable) A prepared mixture of dried fruit and nuts to eat as a snack while bushwalking.
Tonight scroggin, cheese and dried fruit will do.
1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 49Trail mix or ‘Scroggin’, is a mix of dried fruit, nuts and sometimes chocolate that′s popular with hikers.
2010, Warwick Sprawson, The Overland Track: Cradle Mountiain to Lake St Clair, Australia: Red Dog Books, page 179:And don′t forget your scroggin – a mixture of dried fruit and nuts (and sometimes chocolate) for munching en route.
2010, Charles Rawlings-Way, Brett Atkinson, New Zealand, Lonely Planet, page 76:
Synonyms
trail mix (food for bushwalking) · gorp (food for bushwalking)