Usage of "scratch along"

Manage one's existence barely.

Uso de scratch along en inglés

I'm a widow with twelve sons; and 'tis --hard to scratch along. 
 Roughing It in the Bush 

And if one of those two fail, how's the other to scratch along? 
 The Rules of the Game 

Stephenson was a healthy scratch along with D Taylor Chorney and C Paul Carey. 
 Reuters 

The flu didn't get me, but a little scratch along the leg almost did. 
 The stand 

It had a long scratch along one side. 
 Anansi Boys 

I am big enough and ugly enough to scratch along somehow, and I will not starve. 
 Real Soldiers of Fortune 

Peppo had to scratch along just any way. 
 Youth and the Bright Medusa 

Three black chickens scratch along a filthy gutter of blue-grey water next to the public latrine. 
 Reuters 

C Micheal Haley came off injured reserve but was a healthy scratch along with D Tim Heed. 
 Reuters 

We now-topass into the present tense-wrapthis pattern round the tube and scratch along its edges. 
 Things To Make 

He played in place of D Brandon Manning, who was a healthy scratch along with C R.J. Umberger. 
 Reuters 

Mrs. de Warrenne heard it scratch along the floor, grate on a nail, and crush through the snake. 
 Snake and Sword: A Novel 

Only a scratch along my check. 
 A Rock in the Baltic 

I have friends in Paris where I can manage to scratch along for a bit till things have blown over. 
 The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers 

He sent a dagger twirling with deadly efficiency-andshe couldn't move fast enough to avoid the thin scratch along her cheekbone. 
 Heir of Fire 

Eligible to return after serving a three-game suspension, Los Angeles D Tom Gilbert was a healthy scratch along with C Jordan Nolan. 
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Significados de scratch along en inglés