[
UK
/bˈækskɹætʃɐ/
]
NOUN
- a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back
- someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage
How To Use backscratcher In A Sentence
- Also: le gratte-ciel = skyscraper le gratte-dos = backscratcher le gratte-papier = penpusher le gratte-pieds = shoe-scraper French Word-A-Day:
- Does anyone make an old-fashioned backscratcher any more? Times, Sunday Times
- I do occasionally visit such shops but don't always remember that I want this backscratcher.
- Neither defect seriously detracts from the looks of this backscratcher.
- Does anyone make an old-fashioned backscratcher any more? Times, Sunday Times
- ‘Oh look Amy your drink came with a backscratcher,’ Jake noted.
- With a bendable handle this backscratcher can reach the lower or upper part of the back with minimal effort.
- It foreshadows the surrealists, as he shows the monkeys playing in the jungle with a backscratcher and a milk bottle, trappings of civilisation in the savage world.
