adj. and adv. (colloquial).—First-class; nice; fastidious.

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  1835.  HALIBURTON (‘Sam Slick’), The Clockmaker, 1 S., xxiii. A little tidy, SCRUMPTIOUS-looking sleigh, a real clipper of a horse.

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  1841.  LEMAN REDE, Sixteen-String Jack, iii. 5. Will you dance, Christopher, my SCRUMTIOUS pet?

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  1870.  JUDD, Margaret, 304. I don’t mean to be SCRUMPTIOUS about it, Judge, but I do want to be a man.

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  1888.  BOLDREWOOD, Robbery under Arms, xx. We had a SCRUMPTIOUS feed that night.

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  1891.  Licensed Victuallers’ Gazette, 23 Jan. SCRUMPTIOUS girls who danced at the Alcazar.

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  1900.  KIPLING, Stalky & Co., 7. ‘Isn’t it SCRUMPTIOUS? Good old sea!’

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