scratcher
- noun
- /ˈskrætʃər/
- Well, my mom already left for the diner and dad went to 7-11 to get scratchers.
- a lotto scratcher
Why don't we talk about the contents of Dee's purse, the scratcher ticket, the candy sour worms, the pack of cigarettes?
- Why don't we talk about the contents of Dee's purse, the scratcher ticket, the candy sour worms, the pack of cigarettes?
Examples
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We're gonna take that 10 dollars, get a scratcher, boom.
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And then he won that scratcher for $700.
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The lottery ticket scratcher winners were chosen randomly to be on the show.
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Why don't we talk about the contents of Dee's purse, the scratcher ticket, the candy sour worms, the pack of cigarettes?
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I bought a scratcher and was excited to see if I had won a prize.
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After scratching off the silver coating, I discovered my scratcher was worth $50.
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She always buys a scratcher when she visits the convenience store.
Synonyms
A paper you buy that gives you a chance to win money in a game of luck
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Scratcher comes from scratch ('to scrape off') plus -er ('thing that does it'). A helpful way to remember this is that a lottery scratcher is a card you 'scratch off' to reveal prizes, which is why it is called a scratcher.