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51Scratch — 1. gathered hastily and indiscriminately: scratch crew ; scratch meal ; 2. Money; 3. rhythmic scratching sound created by manually moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable causing the stylus to run in the record groove at speeds… …
52scratch — I Australian Slang 1. gathered hastily and indiscriminately: scratch crew ; scratch meal ; 2. Money; 3. rhythmic scratching sound created by manually moving a vinyl record back and forth on a turntable causing the stylus to run in the record… …
53scratch — [15] Early Middle English had two words for ‘scratch’ – scrat and cratch; and it seems likely that scratch represents a blend of them. Where exactly they came from is not clear, although cratch is no doubt related to German kratzen ‘scratch’, and …
54scratch — 1. verb 1) the paint was scratched Syn: scrape, abrade, score, scuff 2) thorns scratched her skin Syn: graze, scrape, abrade, skin, rub raw, cut, lacerate, bark …
55scratch — see you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours scratch a Russian and you find a Tartar …
56scratch — [15] Early Middle English had two words for ‘scratch’ – scrat and cratch; and it seems likely that scratch represents a blend of them. Where exactly they came from is not clear, although cratch is no doubt related to German kratzen ‘scratch’, and …
57scratch — See: FROM SCRATCH, PUT ONE S MONEY ON A SCRATCHED HORSE, UP TO PAR or UP TO SCRATCH …
58scratch — See: FROM SCRATCH, PUT ONE S MONEY ON A SCRATCHED HORSE, UP TO PAR or UP TO SCRATCH …
59scratch — (Scratching) To be taken out of a race before it starts. Trainers usually scratch horses due to adverse track conditions or a horse s adverse health. A veterinarian can scratch a horse at any time …
60scratch — See: from scratch, put one s money on a scratched horse, up to par or up to scratch …
