Sam Scratch
English
editEtymology
editSee Old Scratch.
Proper noun
edit- (chiefly Midland US, Southern US) The Devil.
- Synonyms: Old Nick, Old Serpent; see also Thesaurus:Satan
- 1904, Jack London, The Faith of Men:
- I tell you-alls the whole camp hits up the Yukon for Dawson jes' like Sam Scratch was after them,—wimmen, children, babes in arms, the whole shebang.