Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a scratch.

Etymologies

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scratch +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Lorn finds a clean rag, gathers a touch of the black order, ignoring the headache it creates, and lets it suffuse his scratchlike wound, then slips the cloth under his runic to absorb any last drops of blood.

    Scion of Cyador Modesitt, L. E. 2000

  • He had a bruise across his cheek and a short, scratchlike slash on his forehead.

    Colors of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1999

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