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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A lorry driver and his wife who won £3.6m on the lottery said their first purchase was a £17 backscratcher.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2022
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 seller of the backscratcher, that mercantile hero, has money to pay his employees and buy more ivory, while the buyer’s servant gets his wage as well.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2010
She accompanied me dumbly, paying no attention while I bought a delectable white ivory Chinese backscratcher.
From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy
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