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• n  any of various hand tools for scraping

• The forest floor was dotted with crude knives, scrapers, and quartz chips.
• We need to learn to appreciate things as they are, instead of "perfecting" them with fancy sky scrapers and uranium mines.
• For World War II Earth Man LeTourneau has had French and English orders for 300 scrapers (60 are already in bombproof shelters at French airports, ready to level the fields after .

News & Articles

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• Final: Reds 4, Pirates 1
  Mike Leake continued his roll. He went seven innings and allowed one run on six hits. He walked one and struck out three. Over his last seven starts, Leake is 5-1 with a 1.15 ERA. All the Reds’ offense came via the home run — long blasts from Zack Cozart, Todd Frazier and a wall-scraper ...
  June 18, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
• Car burglar caught on surveillance camera in Montrose neighborhood
  HOUSTON -- Suzanne Ryan woke up to an unexpected sight outside her Montrose townhome. “I noticed my car was ajar like this and I thought, ‘Oh shoot, we didn’t close it, the battery was dead,” Ryan said. When Ryan looked inside, she saw her center consul was open with its contents strewn about the car. “I saw my winter gloves were out, my ice scraper was out, a name tag, crackers, junk you just ...
  June 17, 2013 - KHOU 11 Houston

Quotes

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• Mark Teixeira in AFP
  I got lucky enough to hit a wall scraper,Teixeira said. "There isn't anything better. I got chills right now. This is a good day."
• Ben Broussard in USA Today
  I didn't know if it was out,Broussard said. "I was looking at the ball, and then watching him. He looked like he had it, but I'm glad he didn't catch it. It was a wall scraper for sure. But at this point in the season, who cares. Whatever...
• Brian Anderson in MLB.com
  It was a wall-scraper,Anderson said. "They're not exactly Jim Thome home runs, but I'll take them."