scratcher

English

noun
Definitions
  • Someone who scratches.
  • A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
  • An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats
  • A scratch card.
  • (slang) A bed. (etymology: rhyming slang, rhymes with "scratch your head") usage references:
  • (zoology) Any rasorial bird.
  • (slang) A counterfeiter.
  • (slang) An unlicensed tattoo artist.

Etymology

Suffix from English scratch.

Origin

English

scratch

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