subs. phr. (schoolboys’).—Toffee-making: cf. TEA-FIGHT, BUN-WORRY; MUFFIN-CIRCUS, etc.
1901. Troddles, 46. … ‘Foot sugar, my boy.’ ‘What do you do with it—make it into a poultice?’ ‘Rats!… didn’t you ever have a TOFFEE SCRAMBLE?’
subs. phr. (schoolboys’).—Toffee-making: cf. TEA-FIGHT, BUN-WORRY; MUFFIN-CIRCUS, etc.
1901. Troddles, 46. … ‘Foot sugar, my boy.’ ‘What do you do with it—make it into a poultice?’ ‘Rats!… didn’t you ever have a TOFFEE SCRAMBLE?’
