scratcher

/ (ˈskrætʃə) /


noun
  1. a person, animal, or thing that scratches

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How to use scratcher in a sentence

  • 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.

  • 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