backscratcher
Britishnoun
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an implement with a long handle, used for scratching one's back
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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
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Asked about his first purchase, he said: "I bought a new backscratcher because I snapped my other so I bought one worth £17 instead of £8."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2022
Elsewhere at the Nova Labs makerspace, Mana Momen, 26, stood next to a toaster oven, baking a small bit of polymer clay onto the hand of a backscratcher.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2016
Photograph: Moviestore/Rex These backscratcher deals happen all the time.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 3, 2015
Along with the wok, the company includes in its packaging a bamboo backscratcher.
From Forbes ● Jan. 19, 2015
The backscratcher varies in length from 12 to 20 in., and the more elaborate examples, which were occasionally hung from the waist, are silver-mounted, and in rare instances the ivory fingers bear carved rings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
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