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Definition of Scratch along
1. Verb. Manage one's existence barely. "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary"
Generic synonyms: Contend, Cope, Deal, Get By, Grapple, Make Do, Make Out, Manage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scratch Along
Literary usage of Scratch along
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"Weight of 20 Ibs. Oxen and pigs are often reckoned by the score. scratch along.
To rub along; just make a living. ' I 'm troubled to scratch along anyhow. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialisms in Use by William Douglas Parish (1875)
"\J SCRATCH-ALONG. To pull through hard times. ... a job of gardenin', I've just
managed to scratch along ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialisms in Use by William Douglas Parish (1875)
"SCRATCH-ALONG. To pull through hard times. ... a job of gardenin', I've just
managed to scratch along ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect and Collection of Provincialisms in Use by William Douglas Parish (1875)
"SCRATCH-ALONG. To pull through hard times. ... a job of gardening I've just
managed to scratch along ..."
5. The Dialect of Hartland, Devonshire by Richard Pearse Chope (1891)
"Weight of 20 Ibs. Oxen and pigs are often reckoned by the score. scratch along.
To rub along ; just make a living. ' I 'm troubled to scratch along anyhow. ..."
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