Usually means: Nickname for the devil, Satan.
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  1. Old Scratch: Merriam-Webster
  2. Old Scratch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. Old Scratch: Wiktionary
  4. Old Scratch: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Old Scratch: Dictionary.com
  6. Old Scratch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Old Scratch: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  8. old scratch: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Old Scratch: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Old Scratch: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Old Scratch)

▸ noun:  (chiefly Midland US, Southern US) The Devil.

Similar:
Sam Scratch, Old One, Old Hairy, Old Gentleman, Old Harry, Old Nick, scrat, Mahound, Devil, white devil, more...

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Sam Scratch, Old One, Old Hairy, Old Gentleman, Old Harry, Old Nick, scrat, Mahound, Devil, white devil, more...



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