“scratch、back”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

scratch-back

释义

ˈscratch-back
[f. scratch v. + back n.¹]
1. An instrument for scratching the back to allay itching, usually in the form of a small hand of ivory or metal fixed to a long handle; a back-scratcher.
1842Ainsworth's Mag. I. 20 What is it but..a fan, lazy⁓tongs, parasol, or scratchback?1864Chambers' Bk. of Days II. 238/1 [Description].1880Goldw. Smith Cowper vii. 107 It is almost as easy to get a personal memento of Priam or Nimrod as it is to get..a spinning wheel, a tinder box, or a scratch-back.
2. A toy formed on the principle of a rattle, producing a sound of tearing cloth when rubbed upon a person's back.
1858Lytton What will He do i. i, But to pay such a price for a scratch-back!—Prodigal!1865Knight Passages Work. Life III. xii. 263 Greenwich Fair too has died out—its bonnettings and its scratch-backs.

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