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Meanings of mere scratch in English

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Usage of mere scratch in English
1
That's nothing; and this graze on the ribs, a mere scratch.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
2
Knocker hovered at Keen's elbow and muttered, The inlet is a mere scratch, sir.
Success to the Brave
3
That's a mere scratch after what I got this morning.
Amanda: A Daughter of the Mennonites
4
A bite, or perhaps a mere scratch, could kill them.
Once bitten, twice dead
5
The bite was a mere scratch but we feared that it might be slightly poisonous.
Growing Nuts in the North / A Personal Story of the Author's Exp...
6
Fear not, my love, it is a mere scratch.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
7
All this ado about a mere scratch, what nonsense!
Ticket No. "9672"
8
Never mind me; it is a mere scratch.
The Downfall
9
His wound would heal readily, a mere scratch.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
10
Are you speaking the truth when you tell all these people it is a mere scratch?
Castle Craneycrow
11
My child's wound is a mere scratch.
A disobedient girl: a novel
12
A mere scratch would be enough.
Earth Abides
13
A mere scratch, and already closed.
Dr. Dumany's Wife
14
It was a mere scratch.
For the Liberty of Texas
15
No need to be an accurate marksman when a mere scratch from such a bullet meant ultimate death anyhow.
The Treasure-Train
16
Now I found a clean cut in it about three inches long-nota mere scratch, but a positive cut.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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