Scran
/skran/noun
Informal British and Irish English for food, especially a meal or grub.
Did you know?‘Scran’ is a long-lived dialect word of uncertain origin, strongly associated with sailors, soldiers, and working-class speech rather than any occult or classical root.
Etymological Timeline
19th Century
English
scran
“Food; provisions; scraps of food, especially in slang and dialect use.”
19th Century
English
scran
“Used in British slang, especially among sailors and soldiers, for a meal or provisions.”
Modern English
English
scran
“Informal British and Irish English for food, a meal, or something to eat.”
Unknown
Unknown
uncertain origin
“The word’s deeper etymology is not securely established by standard references.”