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Etymology

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pre- +‎ scratched

Adjective

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prescratched (comparative more prescratched, superlative most prescratched)

  1. (of consumer goods) Having an undesirable scratch or scratches at the time of acquisition.
    • 2002, Stacy Johnson, Life or Debt: A One-Week Plan for a Lifetime of Financial Freedom, Ballantine Books, published 2005, →ISBN, page 118:
      Buy your furniture and appliances prescratched. Scratch-and-dent can save you plenty, especially when you bargain down the price even more.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:prescratched.