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名詞

scratcher (plural scratchers)

1. Someone who scratches.
2. A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.

   Hypernym: device

   Hyponyms: backscratcher, head-scratcher

3. An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats.

   Near-synonym: scratching post

4. (gambling) A scratch card.
5. (slang) A bedding place (e.g., mattress, bunk, hay bed, or bed).

   Near-synonym: pallet

6. (zoology) Any rasorial bird.

   Hypernyms: bird < animal < creature, critter

   Hyponyms: chicken, hen, rooster, cockerel, cock, pullet

7. (slang) A counterfeiter.
   • 2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 93:

     “I’m what they used to call a scratcher,” the Ukrainian said. “Dupes, counterfeits, identification. Turn wrong names right.”

8. (slang, derogatory) An unlicensed tattoo artist.
9. A device for cleaning mud etc. from a wellbore.

派生語

• back scratcher
• booty scratcher
• head scratcher

参考

アナグラム

• rescratch