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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Scraper, n. Also: skra(i)per. [e.m.E scraper (1552); Scrap(e v.] a. Hege-scraper n., q.v. b. An implement for scraping. c. A golf-club ‘of the niblick or bunker iron sort’ (SND, s.v. Scrape v. 1 Derivs. (3)). —a. a1568 Pedder C. 49.
Ane curloreous coffe, that hege skraper He sittis at hame quhen that thay baik —b. 1560 Edinb. Old Acc. II 99.
Twa scraperis to the spargeris 1685 Soc. Ant. LVIII 365.
Ane baik house table with ane iron skraiper —c. 1691 Dickinson Two Students at St. Andrews xxxix.
Ane sett of golfe-clubs … an play club, ane scraper [etc.]