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backscratches

backscratches is the plural of backscratch.

backscratches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backscratch.

Meaning of backscratch

Noun

backscratch (plural backscratches)

  1. A scratch on the back.
    • Several Colorado papers have reproduced the substance of our articles on silver, and we thank them for their backscratches.1931, The Mines Magazine, volume 21, page 9

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Questions about backscratches

What is backscratches the plural of?
Backscratches is the plural of backscratch.

Words near backscratches in the dictionary

  1. backscenes
  2. backscratch
  3. backscratched
  4. backscratcher
  5. backscratchers
  6. backscratches
  7. backscratching
  8. backscratchings
  9. backscreen
  10. backscreens
  11. backscroll

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backscratches (page history and authors); backscratch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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