Old Scratch
English
Etymology
Probably an alternation of scrat, from Middle English scrat, skratt, scratte, ultimately from Old Norse skratti.
Proper noun
- (Midland US, Southern US) The Devil.[1]
Synonyms
References
- ↑ “Old Scratch” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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