scratch
adjective/skrætʃ/
/skrætʃ/
(British English)- put together in a hurry using whatever people or materials are available
- a scratch team
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- (especially in golf) with no handicap
- a scratch player
Word Originlate Middle English: probably a blend of the synonymous dialect words scrat and cratch, both of uncertain origin; compare with Middle Low German kratsen and Old High German krazzōn.
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