Sam Scratch

English

Etymology

See Old Scratch.

Proper noun

Sam Scratch

1. (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.