Scratch runner

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• Runner

  ·noun Any cursorial bird. II. Runner ·noun A <<Smuggler>>. III. Runner ·noun A <<Detective>>. IV....

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• Scratch

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

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• 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.

• log-runner

  n. an Australian bird, called alsoa Spinetail. The species are – – Black-headed – – Orthonyx spaldi...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• tree-runner

  n. another name for the Sittella (q.v.). The species are – – Black-capped Tree-Runner – – Sittella ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• runner-purchase

  The addition of a tackle to a single rope, then termed a pendant, passing through a block applied to...

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• Scratch coat

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

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• Scratch player

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

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• scratch land

  Scotland. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• scratch platter

  or TAYLOR'S RAGOUT Bread sopt in the oil and vinegar in which cucumbers have been sliced. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• scratch-race

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

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• native scarlet-runner

  n. See kennedya. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris