scunge

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slang, uncountable Muck, scum, dirt, dirtiness; also used attributively. Every saucepan he owned was piled there, caked with unidentifiable scunge.
countable, slang A scrounger; one who habitually borrows.
countable, slang A dirty or untidy person; one who takes no pride in their appearance. “You four scunges need to clean yourselves up,″ Jarrad announced — ironic given his own personal hygiene, Jake thought, which was less than impeccable.
countable, derogatory, slang A scoundrel; a worthless or despicable person. The press officer was glad to get me onto the helicopter back to the airbase, as he obviously thought I must be a bit of a scunge asking political questions, when it was my job to report on how well the war was going and how the North was being held.

To mark with scunge; to begrime or besmirch. “I was scunged. ... I hated myself, hated everything, felt useless and worthless, had no friends, no love, no career, no education, no parents and no tomorrows. It all added up to nothing.”
To slink about; to sneak, to insinuate. 1846, author not visible, The Disruption: A Scottish Tale of Recent Times, R. M. Walker (printer), Edinburgh, page 341, Neither will ye scunge after the gentry like M′Quirkie, and keep your creed in your hand ready to swap it for ony ither that may happen to be mair profitable.
To scrounge; to borrow. The Australian Labor Party in Victoria had a very successful result. Members of the National Party are scunging around trying to win Ballarat!