scratcher noun. ['skratʃǝ] M16.
[from SCRATCH verb + -ER¹.]
1. a. A person who scratches; spec. (a) US slang a forger; (b) US a voter who crosses the name of a candidate or candidates from the party ticket; (c) a person who plays records using a scratch technique (SCRATCH noun¹ 7c). M16.
b. Ornithology. A member of the former order Rasores; = SCRAPER 2. Only in M19.

2. A thing which scratches; spec. (a) a tool used in plastering to roughen the surface of the preliminary coating; (b) a device put down an oil or gas well to clear the bore or create turbulence mechanically. E19.

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