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Definition of Scratchier
1. scratchy [adj] - See also: scratchy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scratchier
Literary usage of Scratchier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"... (hcad scratchier). The former was a hollowed swan bone to drink with, any
other mode of drinking being unlawful to her. The latter was fork-like and was ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"The sense is ' gnawer,' ie in the case of the finger-nails, • scratchier,' and,
in the case of the peg, ' piercer.' All from the Teut. base NAG, to gnaw, ..."
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