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scratch-comma

scratch-comma is the alternative form of scratch comma.

Meaning of scratch comma

Noun

scratch comma (plural scratch commas)

  1. (historical) Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩ in its former use as a form of comma.
    Synonyms:
    slash in its former use as a form of comma, slash

Forms of scratch-comma

pluralscratch-commas

Questions about scratch-comma

What is scratch-comma the alternative form of?
Scratch-comma is the alternative form of scratch comma.

Words near scratch-comma in the dictionary

  1. scratch-and-dent
  2. scratch-and-sniff
  3. scratch-brush
  4. scratch-brushes
  5. scratch-built
  6. scratch-comma
  7. scratch-commas
  8. scratch-made
  9. scratch-off
  10. scratch-offs
  11. scratch-out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scratch-comma (page history and authors); scratch comma (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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