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backscratcher [ˈbækˌskrætʃə]

1. (Engineering / Tools) an implement with a long handle, used for scratching one's own back

2. Informal a person who provides a service, corporate or public money etc., for another, in order to receive a similar service or reward in return

backscratching n

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Noun	1.	backscratcher - someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage opportunist, self-seeker - a person who places expediency above principle
	2.	backscratcher - a long-handled scratcher for scratching your back scratcher - a device used for scratching

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backscratcher [ˈbækˌskrætʃəʳ] n → manina (grattaschiena inv)

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opportunist scratcher Self-seeker			Presented in a hard case, the Ball Scratcher is a scaled down version of a Victorian back scratcher. What Type of Dad Have You Got? by Sarah Hague / Family and marriage community Herold's insistent criticism of the art market borders on a solipsistic withdrawal from the "dirty" world of carpet dealers and back scratchers. Georg Herold: Museum Ludwig by Stonard, John-Paul / Artforum International And the fork is a fine example, as it's frequently a back scratcher and, particularly attractive, as a pointer when arguing across the table. Variety of uses for ingenious inventions; food WITH BILL OLDFIELD by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			back judge back light back marker back matter back mutation back nine back number back o' Bourke back of beyond back off back office back on to back out back pack back pain back passage back pay back porch back pressure back projection back rest Back River back room back saw back scatter Back scratcher back scrubber back seat back shift back slang Back stairs Back step back story back straight Back stream back street back stretch back talk back tell back tooth back up back yard Back-acting steam engine back-and-forth back-blast back-breaking back-channel back-check back-country back-end load back-formation			back raking back raking back range Back Range of Motion Back rasher Back rasher Back rashers Back rashers back reef Back rent back resistance Back rest Back River Back River back room back room Back Room Technician back rooms Back Row Vacancy back rush Back saw Back saw back scatter back scatter back scatter Back Scatter Factor Back Scatter Ratio Back Scattered Electron Detector Back Scattering Electron Microscopy back scleral size Back scratcher back scrubber back seat Back seat driver back seats back shift back shore back shot back Shu points back Shu points back Shu points back Shu points back shutter Back Side Back side bus Back side bus Back Sight back siphonage back siphonage preventer Back slang Back slash Back slash back slope back solution Back Space Back spasm Back spasm Back Spot Facing Back Spread Back Spreads Back staff

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