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So go grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rack your brain.
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2023
Grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rip your hair out (in the best way).
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 3 Jan. 2023
His narrow office was dominated by a large chalkboard spanning one wall, and his desk and his table were overflowing with scratch paper.
—Stephen Witt, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
Ronika McClain, who introduced them, officiated the ceremony, and the couple recited their own vows written on scratch paper.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2022
The following riddle is one particularly punishing problem—so go grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rip your hair out (in the best way).
—Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2022
Single Washi Tape Quilt Square (shown on smaller white pumpkin): Draw a quilt pattern on a piece of scratch paper (or use our quilt square templates).
—Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 24 Aug. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
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“Scratch paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scratch%20paper. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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