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

First recorded in 1935–40
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How to use scratch sheet in a sentence

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

    The Romantic Analogue|W.W. Skupeldyckle

British Dictionary definitions for scratch sheet

scratch sheet

noun
US and Canadian informal another term for a dope sheet
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