scratchback (plural scratchbacks)
(UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.
• backscratch
Source: Wiktionary
Scratch"back`, n.
Definition: A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, -- used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 June 2024
(noun) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); “there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
