English Explanatory Dictionary

backscratcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
A participant in corruption, such as a briber or pay-to-play participant.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-backscratcher.wav

Word forms

backscratcher backscratchers back scratcher

Etymology

From back + scratcher; also, by surface analysis, backscratch + -er.

Related words

backscratching scratch someone's back you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

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