See also: Scratcher

English

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Etymology

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From scratch +‎ -er.

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Noun

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scratcher (plural scratchers)

  1. Someone who scratches.
  2. A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
  3. An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats
  4. (gambling) A scratch card.
  5. (slang) A bed.
  6. (zoology) Any rasorial bird.
  7. (slang) A counterfeiter.
    • 2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 93:
      “I’m what they used to call a scratcher,” the Ukrainian said. “Dupes, counterfeits, identification. Turn wrong names right.”
  8. (slang, derogatory) An unlicensed tattoo artist.
  9. A device for cleaning mud etc. from a wellbore.

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Verb

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scratcher

  1. (Quebec, colloquial) to scratch, to make a scratch
    Synonym: égratigner

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