scratchback

English

Etymology

scratch +‎ back

Noun

scratchback (plural scratchbacks)

  1. (Britain, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scratchback in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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