lucky scratcher
- noun
- US
:
ganador frecuente
- He considers himself a lucky scratcher, having hit the jackpot three times in the past year.
Examples
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Many lucky scratchers share their tips online.
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My neighbor claims to be a lucky scratcher, but I'm still waiting for my first big win.
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As a lucky scratcher, she's the envy of everyone at the local convenience store.
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She is a lucky scratcher who wins every month.
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As a lucky scratcher, she often wins big at the lottery and inspires others to play.
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He identifies as a lucky scratcher because he regularly wins small prizes on scratch tickets.
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Many people hope to become a lucky scratcher like her, winning frequently in various lottery games.
How Often
- US
5
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines the transparent adjective 'lucky' with 'scratcher' (related to scratch-off lottery tickets), so a learner who knows both words can reasonably infer it concerns luck connected to scratch tickets. However, there is some ambiguity about whether 'scratcher' refers to the ticket or a person who scratches tickets and the specific sense 'a person who wins frequently' is not guaranteed without exposure, so the relation is only partly predictable.
Etymology
Lucky scratcher comes from the picture of someone scratching many lottery tickets and getting lucky; the word scratcher shows the action and lucky shows they win a lot. So it means 'a person who wins often in lotteries or scratch-ticket games'.