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- noun Plural form of
backscratcher .
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Examples
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Among the souvenirs were crocodile feet made into backscratchers: tempting!
JOURNAL 22 AUGUST 1998 Alex Allan 2009
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There are no key chains, letter openers, backscratchers, knick-knacks, NOTHING with the letter "I" on them.
I, Ian Island Is 2003
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There are no key chains, letter openers, backscratchers, knick-knacks, NOTHING with the letter "I" on them.
All Hallow E'en 2003
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Given scarce time and resources, should we try to improve typewriters or render them obsolete with word processors, or develop functional voice recognition software, or just concentrate on making solar-powered backscratchers?
The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind James Boyle
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You want drugs that cure terrible diseases, and designs for more fuel-efficient stoves, and useful little doodads, like mousetraps, or Post-it notes, or solar - powered backscratchers.
The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind James Boyle
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Yes, aren't Labor and the Greens mutual backscratchers?
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His feats of manual dexterity were performed by a human wielding two kangaroo-clawed backscratchers.
The Guardian World News Tim Dowling 2010
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His feats of manual dexterity were performed by a human wielding two kangaroo-clawed backscratchers.
The Guardian World News Tim Dowling 2010
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Kent, to the bizarreness of doorframes and backscratchers, the extraordinary collection of furniture and personal artefacts charts 500 years of the Devonshire family homes
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Yes, aren't Labor and the Greens mutual backscratchers?
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