scraperboard

American

[skrey-per-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈskreɪ pərˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

scratchboard.

scraperboard British

/ ˈskreɪpəˌbɔːd /

noun

thin card covered with a layer of white china clay and a black top layer of Indian ink, which can be scraped away with a special tool to leave a white line
a picture or design produced in this way

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Etymology

Origin of scraperboard

First recorded in 1890–95; scraper + board

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Some of the Tobiases' small, delicately painted, translucent heads are more like photographic negatives of ghosts, or scraperboard illustrations of long-dead relatives.

From The Guardian

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