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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Devil; Satan.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably alteration of scrat, from Middle English, hermaphrodite goblin, from Old Norse skratte, wizard, goblin.]
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