scratchie

English

Etymology

From scratch +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

scratchie (plural scratchies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A scratch card.
    Synonym: instant scratchie
    • 2009, Marja Harris, My Memoirs: A Period in the Life of Marja Harris, page 47:
      I sat on the balcony with my cup of coffee and my inhaler and I scratched my Scratchies. I won $6.
    • 2010, Charlotte Fabiansson, Pathways to Excessive Gambling: A Societal Perspective on Youth and Adult Gambling Pursuits, page 119:
      Approximately half of the respondents had bought instant scratchies.
    • 2011, Ashley Ormond, How to Give Your Kids $1Million Each!: (And It Won't Cost You a Cent), page 40:
      Grandparents and great-grandparents are big buyers of scratchies and lottery tickets — for their grandkids and great-grandkids.
  2. (colloquial) A scratch.
    • 1994 September 26, Andrea Dec, “Sniff, sniff, sniffsniffSNORT”, in rec.pets.dogs‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 September 2025:
      This was an invitation I couldn't resist...FIVE Goldens! I was in heaven! So I go over and spend 10-15 minutes talking and doing head scratchies and getting slobbered on and kissed.
    • 1996 April 13, Cathy Quinones, “Senegal stories”, in rec.pets.birds‎[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 September 2025:
      Mango has decided that if he's on the couch, he is there to give her scratchies, so she eventually goes and parks herself in front of him and bows her head. […] Today this was established, I had her, then she started wandering off, walked all over Eric, he started screaming that he wasn't going to be bullied into giving scratchies to any stinking birds and passed her back to me […]
    • 2002 August 29, Cyndi Meows, “OT: Cornflake update!”, in rec.crafts.textiles.quilting‎[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 September 2025:
      Give Cornflake a cheek rub and some scratchies from me.
    • 2012 September 7, Jo Wolf, “Gates”, in rec.pets.dogs.health‎[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 20 September 2025:
      Petting should start with an Under the Chin scratchie, then the neck, then the top of the head.... or start with the dog's back or side, coming from the side, not the front.

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