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scraper

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scrap·er  (skrpr)
n.
One that scrapes, especially a tool for scraping off paint or other adherent matter such as ice on a windshield.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.scraper - any of various hand tools for scraping
hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
Translations
scraper [ˈskreɪpəʳ] N (= tool) → raspador m, rascador m; (on doorstep) → limpiabarros m inv
scraper [ˈskreɪpər] n → grattoir m, racloir m
scraper
n (= tool) → Spachtel m; (at door) → Kratzeisen nt
scraper [ˈskreɪpəʳ] n → raschietto
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I moved a little to see it better, and my foot knocked against the scraper.
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After dinner it was decided that young Jelinek should hook our two strong black farm-horses to the scraper and break a road through to the Shimerdas', so that a wagon could go when it was necessary.
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Garthwaite and the young officer fell into an animated conversation over the difference between so- called modern warfare and the present street-fighting and sky- scraper fighting that was taking place all over the city.
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