Definition of "scran"

scran

/skɹan/

noun
uncountable
1. (UK, Ireland, slang) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
  Quotations
  I know there are many persons — some who are themselves poor — who 'never turn a beggar from their door,' but always give them a few browns (halfpence) or some scran (broken victuals).
  1853, Charles John Chetwynd Talbot, Meliora, Or, Better Times to Come, page 247
2. Refuse; rubbish.
verb
third-person singular simple present scrans, present participle scranning, simple past and past participle scranned
1. (slang, Liverpool, Manchester, Scotland) To eat.
2. (slang, Northern England) To steal in an impish manner; pinch, nick.