scratch sheet

American

noun

a racing publication giving the betting odds and other information on the horses entered at a racetrack or racetracks during a racing day.

scratch sheet British

noun

informal another term for a dope sheet

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Etymology

Origin of scratch sheet

First recorded in 1935–40

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scratch sheet

Virtually every other firm puts out at least a weekly or bimonthly letter, considers it as vital to business as a scratch sheet is to a race track.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We usually number a couple of dozen cards, and assign the numbers to the problems as they come in, from a scratch sheet."

From The Romantic Analogue by Skupeldyckle, W.W.

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