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back scratcher

or back-scratcher, backscratcher

noun

  1. a long-handled device for scratching one's own back.
  2. a person who exchanges favors or services for mutual advantage.

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Other Words From

  • back scratching noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of back scratcher1

First recorded in 1785–95

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Example Sentences

Ive some nice three-legged kettles, a soup tureen that came over in the Mayflower, an ivory back-scratcher that hails from India.

On a writing-table lay a volume of Shakespeare, and, on an occasional table, a carved ivory back-scratcher.

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