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Scratcher

noun

A workman who uses a tool for scratching.

A person who scratches to relieve an itch.

A device used for scratching.

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Etymology of 'Scratcher'

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"Scratcher" Quotes from Famous Books

... they fall to the branches of the parent tree, and to those of its lowly neighbours. Certainly some proportion of the seeds which reach the ground must be borne hither and thither by the agency of that eternal scratcher, the scrub fowl. But even a bird of such immensely proportionate strength may be seriously troubled by them. A case in point may be cited. A dog retrieving a scrub fowl, which had fallen in the vicinity of an "Ahm-moo" tree, emerged with it entirely enveloped with ...

— The Confessions of a Beachcomber • E J Banfield

... this arrangement is much less favourable to independence in voting and much less efficient as a check upon bribery; because the man who votes a straight party ticket will make all his marks in a very short time, while the "scratcher," or independent voter, will consume much more time in selecting his names. Thus people interested in seeing whether a man is voting the straight party ticket or not can form an opinion from the length of time he spends in ...

— Civil Government in the United States Considered with - Some Reference to Its Origins • John Fiske

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