Scambler
is an archaic term for someone who dropped in uninvited at meal times; a bold
intruder upon the hospitality of others; a sponge. Its origins are Scottish.
The
word is also synonymous with scramble and shamble and can mean to get along as
best one can.
A further meaning of the word was entirely the opposite of our mean sponge – it meant to throw money on the ground so that people would scramble
for it.
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