† cut-scratchn.
Obsolete.
A kind of short wig: see scratch n.1
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1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 30 Without any other Qualification than that of a Cut-Scratch.
1753 A. Murphy Gray's Inn Jrnl. No. 57 We can now boast as many Cut-Scratches as any Seminary in the City.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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