scratch platter

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• Platter

  ·noun One who plats or braids. II. Platter ·noun A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or oth...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Scratch

  ·vt To write or draw hastily or awkwardly. II. Scratch ·noun A kind of wig covering only a portion ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• scratch

  Old Scratch; the Devil: probably from the long and sharp claws with which he is frequently delineate...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• scratch

  1) No great scratch. A vulgar, though common phrase, implying not worth much--no great shakes. Ther...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Platter-faced

  ·adj Having a broad, flat face. ...

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• platter-faced

  Broad-faced. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Scratch coat

  ·- The first coat in plastering; — called also scratchwork. ·see Pricking-up. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Scratch player

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Scratch runner. ...

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• Scratch runner

  ·add. ·- One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• scratch land

  Scotland. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• scratch-race

  A boat-race where the crews are drawn by lot. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Pewter Platter Alley

  In Creechurch Lane (P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. Named after the sign. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Pewter Platter Alley, Pewter Platter Coach Office

  In Gracechurch Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Lockie, 1816). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.