Definition of backscratcher in English:
backscratcher
nounˈbakskratʃəˈbækˌskrætʃər
An implement for scratching one's back.
Example sentencesExamples
- I do occasionally visit such shops but don't always remember that I want this backscratcher.
- 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.
- With a bendable handle this backscratcher can reach the lower or upper part of the back with minimal effort.
- Neither defect seriously detracts from the looks of this backscratcher.
- ‘Oh look Amy your drink came with a backscratcher,’ Jake noted.
Definition of backscratcher in US English:
backscratcher
nounˈbakˌskraCHərˈbækˌskrætʃər
A rod terminating in a clawed hand for scratching one's own back.
Example sentencesExamples
- Neither defect seriously detracts from the looks of this backscratcher.
- 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.
- With a bendable handle this backscratcher can reach the lower or upper part of the back with minimal effort.
- I do occasionally visit such shops but don't always remember that I want this backscratcher.
- ‘Oh look Amy your drink came with a backscratcher,’ Jake noted.