scratcher

/ (ˈskrætʃə) /

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noun

a person, animal, or thing that scratches

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Words nearby scratcher

scratch, scratch awl, scratchboard, scratch card, scratch coat, scratcher, scratches, scratch file, scratch hardness, scratch hit, scratchie

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How to use scratcher in a sentence

Prepare for the latest head-scratcher from that strange genre known as “performance art.”
Sex-Crazed Narcissist Pretends He's an Artist|Justin Jones|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Bartiromo will grab a Slim Jim and a Red Bull, and maybe a scratcher lottery ticket from the machine.
He Bullies Kids and Calls It News|Brandy Zadrozny|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, the Huffington Post reports that he rescued this head-scratcher from the trash heap of his 2008 campaign.
Mitt Can't Stop Putting His Foot In His Mouth|Mark Katz|February 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Well, that would probably be this head-scratcher of a spectacle!
Best Moments From the 2011 VMAs|Shannon Donnelly|August 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Ive some nice three-legged kettles, a soup tureen that came over in the Mayflower, an ivory back-scratcher that hails from India.
Peter Cotterell's Treasure|Rupert Sargent Holland
See him, too, rushing out after dinner—for he had a horror of long sittings after that meal—to look at his 'scratcher.'
The Wits and Beaux of Society|Grace & Philip Wharton
She spun around so the sink scratcher fell right out but she did n't have sense enough left in her to know it.
Susan Clegg and a Man in the House|Anne Warner
We have marked the fox sparrow as being a great scratcher among dead leaves.
The Log of the Sun|William Beebe
Koogah, the Bone-Scratcher, retreated backward in sudden haste, tripping over his staff and falling to the ground.
Children of the Frost|Jack London

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