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語源

Probably an alteration of scrat, from 中期英語 scrat, skratt, scratte, ultimately from Old Norse skratti (“a type of demon”).

固有名詞

Old Scratch

1. (chiefly Midland US, Southern US) The Devil.

   Synonyms: Old Ned, Old Nick, Old Serpent; see also Thesaurus:Satan

   • 1913, Booth Tarkington, The Flirt, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC:

     “Lisieux is a little town in Normandy,” she said. “I was there a few days with your father, one summer, long ago. It’s a country full of old stories, folklore, and traditions; and the people still believe in the Old Scratch pretty literally. […] ”

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