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scratcher

scratcher

4 4.8
A ticket you rub off to see if you won money
  • noun
  • /ˈskrætʃər/
translation icon : raspadito (América Latina)
  • 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?

Examples

  • We're gonna take that 10 dollars, get a scratcher, boom.

  • And then he won that scratcher for $700.

  • 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?

  • I bought a scratcher and was excited to see if I had won a prize.

  • After scratching off the silver coating, I discovered my scratcher was worth $50.

  • She always buys a scratcher when she visits the convenience store.

Synonyms

lottery ticket
vsscratcher
38 1.2

A paper you buy that gives you a chance to win money in a game of luck

has a covered surface you remove to reveal whether you won

Compounds

head-scratcher
  • Informal
4 7.7

A problem that is hard to understand or solve

booty scratcher
  • Offensive
9.9

A joking or insulting name for a person who scratches their bottom

A person who often wins money from scratch cards

Surface Forms

scratcher singular
scratchers plural

Morphology

scratcher = scratch (semi-transparent) = scratch + er

The lottery-ticket sense is an extension from 'scratch' (what you do to the ticket) but is idiomatic/slang and may not be obvious to all learners.

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.