BACKSCRATCHER

backscratcher

(noun) a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back

backscratcher

(noun) someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

backscratcher (plural backscratchers)

A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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