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Meanings of scratch-back in English

Spanish
rascador de espalda
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Tool for relieving areas that cannot easily be reached just by one's own hands, typically the back.

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        rascador de espalda
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        Examples for "backscratchers"
        Examples for "backscratchers"
        1
        Is it a purely cynical strategy to keep himself in ivory backscratchers?
        The Irish Times
        2
        Bring it on: it's hard to make mandatory but some of the excuses from Backscratchers plc should make for good sport.
        The Guardian
        1
        Items he has made so far include shoe lifts for his young daughter and a back scratcher.
        Reuters
        2
        That extra slab of Ben Gay, applied with a back scratcher stabbed into a sponge, must have done the trick.
        The brush-off: a hair-raising mystery
        3
        I appraised genuine Cherokee ashtrays, key chains, back scratchers, and tom-toms.
        Fatal Voyage
        Usage of scratch-back in English
        1
        Now, don't be comparing an Irishman, if you plaze, Adjutant, to a scratch-back Scotchman.
        Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals / As Seen From the Ranks Durin...
        2
        But to pay such a price for a scratch-back!-Prodigal
        What Will He Do with It? — Complete
        3
        As the friends strolled on, naturally enough all the young girls who wished for ribbons, and were possessed of scratch-backs, followed in their wake.
        What Will He Do with It? — Complete
        Translations for scratch-back