scrambled-for

Updated: July 29, 2026

For the officers had determined that there should be no scrambled-for, stand-up supper, but a comfortably-arranged meal, with seats for every guest; while now a hurried movement was made by the band to a fresh orchestra inside the marquee, which was reached by a ladder from the back, and a selection of operatic airs was commenced at once to the rattle of knife, fork, and plate, and jingle of glass.

George Manville Fenn - The Queen's Scarlet: The Adventures and Misadventures of Sir Richard Frayne