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Feb 27, 2019
This week’s themeTosspot words
This week’s words
catchall
pinchpenny
scrapegut
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with Anu Gargscrapegut or scrape-gut
PRONUNCIATION:
(SKRAYP-guht) 
MEANING:
noun: A fiddler.
ETYMOLOGY:
Traditionally, violin strings were made of catgut, which is gut or intestines of sheep or goat (not cats). The word scrapegut is a jocular or contemptuous reference to a violinist, as if scraping the strings. Earliest documented use: 1837.
USAGE:
“I am in tune with the fork, and ready ere master scrape-gut yonder has his rosin out.”
Arthur Maquarie; The Happy Kingdom; Bickers and Son; 1913.
Arthur Maquarie; The Happy Kingdom; Bickers and Son; 1913.
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