back scratcher
or back-scratcher, backscratcher
a long-handled device for scratching one's own back.
a person who exchanges favors or services for mutual advantage.
Origin of back scratcher
1Other words from back scratcher
- back scratching, noun
Words Nearby back scratcher
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How to use back scratcher in a sentence
Ive some nice three-legged kettles, a soup tureen that came over in the Mayflower, an ivory back-scratcher that hails from India.
Peter Cotterell's Treasure | Rupert Sargent HollandOn a writing-table lay a volume of Shakespeare, and, on an occasional table, a carved ivory back-scratcher.
Dead Souls | Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
British Dictionary definitions for backscratcher
/ (ˈbækˌskrætʃə) /
an implement with a long handle, used for scratching one's back
informal a person who provides a service, corporate or public money etc, for another, in order to receive a similar service or reward in return
Derived forms of backscratcher
- backscratching, noun
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