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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scratcher

Scratcher \Scratch"er\, n. One who, or that which, scratches; specifically (Zo["o]l.), any rasorial bird.

Wiktionary
scratcher

n. 1 Someone who scratches. 2 A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch. 3 (context lottery English) A scratch card. 4 A bed. (etymology: rhyming slang, rhymes with "scratch your head") usage references: ) 5 (context zoology English) Any rasorial bird. 6 (cx slang English) A counterfeiter.

WordNet
scratcher
  1. n. a workman who uses a tool for scratching

  2. a person who scratches to relieve an itch

  3. a device used for scratching

Wikipedia
Scratcher (instrument)

In the musical traditions of Trinidad and Tobago, a twin island republic in the Lesser Antilles, a scratcher is a percussion instrument. It is a descendant of the guiro, and is played in a similar fashion. It is most commonly found in the rhythm section of a steelband.

Usage examples of "scratcher".

Just in front of her was the stocky red-headed scratcher, the one whom Jill had seen clambering into the side window of the bus.

The scratcher was holding her by one wrist and was trying to get hold of the other.

Then the scratcher released Senhora Aglaibahi and lunged forward, trying to get past the Senhor.

The scratcher, pulling Senhor Papamacer with him, was halfway across the chapel now, heading toward the antechamber.

The scratcher grunted sharply and let go of the Senhor, who was slammed by his own momentum against the open door of the bus.

Jaspin tried to push him back inside, but to his amazement Senhor Papamacer shook his head and rushed forward, seizing the scratcher by both his shoulders, pulling him around, shaking him furiously, showering him with what sounded like Brazilian obscenities.

The scratcher, blinking and gaping, did not seem to know what to do in the face of such an insane onslaught.

The scratcher, without pausing, jumped down beside him, made one last unsuccessful grab at the breastplate, then darted off to the left, disappearing into the crowd just as Bacalhau and Johnny Espingarda came running up.

The third man coming out of the bus waving that heavy wooden statuette around, trying to club the scratcher with it.

The other seemed to be the red-haired scratcher who had killed the cult leader on the steps of the bus.

The item for sale there was an all-purpose vibrator, oval in shape, featuring a metal fitting for an electric drill on the end, in which a variety of tools could be inserted: back scratcher, toothbrush, facial sponge, wire brush, shoulder massager, small hammer .

Playin wi ehs nuts in ehs fuckin scratcher ah bet, the lazy cunt, Gally laughs.

He had to admit that he would have to recharge the batteries before getting back into the scratcher with her.

When they passed the tree used by the cave bear as a back scratcher, Creb examined it closely and retrieved a few tufts of hair still caught in the rough bark.

What scratchers did was a mix of scavenging and banditry, whatever worked, whatever they had to do to stay alive as they moved around the outskirts of the cities.