scratchings

I suspect any resemblance to my own calligraphic scratchings is due to the Muppets 'influence on my own sensibilities at an impressionable age.

Hands Up Roger Langridge 2008

But many climax with what he humbly calls "scratchings" - fully finished drawings for Theo that show no loss of power because of their size.

The Guardian World News 2010

The interest excited in society by 'scratchings' has never been equalled since the time of the Cock Lane ghost.

Some Private Views James Payn 1864

Sociologists, psychologists, and historians have increasingly turned to the impromptu "scratchings" of both the educated and the uneducated as indicators of the general mental health and political stability of specific populations. [

The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany. Part 1 George R. [Commentator] Guffey

Hobhouse transferred these "scratchings" to his pocket-books, and thence to his _Historical Notes_; but even as prison inscriptions they lack both point and style.] [60] [Compare --

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

While the grills aren't yet fired, the bar "Toast" menu's avail for sustenance starting tonight, topping bread with the likes of Scotch eggs, citrus potted crab, and pork rillete & scratchings, which, other than the boobs on Page 3, is about all The Sun is filled with, too.

Thrillist: Jones Wood Foundry: A Pub With Proprietary Beer and Meat Pies Thrillist 2011

If I had the courage, I'd give everyone a packet of pork scratchings and a hug for Christmas, and ask for the same in return.

Tis the Season to Give Bad Gift Sam Leith 2011

The DRINK AND DRAW SOCIAL CLUB, VOL. 1 contains the scribblings and scratchings of a large group of artists done strictly at pubs and taverns across the country.

Image Comics for December 2006 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009

Sure, you're probably slightly better at cull/feed decisions, but now your initial scratchings are trying to thrive in the shadow of a completed work.

Yes I'm that crazy old mountain man... zornhau 2009

While the grills aren't yet fired, the bar "Toast" menu's avail for sustenance starting tonight, topping bread with the likes of Scotch eggs, citrus potted crab, and pork rillete & scratchings, which, other than the boobs on Page 3, is about all The Sun is filled with, too.

Thrillist: Jones Wood Foundry: A Pub With Proprietary Beer and Meat Pies Thrillist 2011