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
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
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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