scratch wig

Starting from scratch is never easy—and the team of journalists had serious competitors in Russia's state-owned media.

But the Mexican caballeros had no notion of coming up to the scratch a third time.

When he was gone, Monsieur de Tressan flung off his wig, and mopped the perspiration from his brow.

He passed his handkerchief for the last time over face and head, and resumed his wig.

While a counsellor was pleading at the Irish bar, a louse unluckily peeped from under his wig.

Not so much, either; 'cause a chicken will stir round an' scratch a livin' out the ground, sooner 'n starve.