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• n  the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

• For Chicago journalist Susan Schwendener, the symptoms were as familiar as the runny nose of a cold or the scratchiness of a strep throat.
• But the relative brevity didnt matter, nor did the slight scratchiness in his voice: lined up by the thousands beneath the cold autumn sky, Philadelphia was clearly melting.
• Though each learns something from the other, their relationship retains its pure scratchiness from beginning to end.

• harshness
• abrasiveness

Quotes

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• Ross Lyon in Melbourne Herald Sun
  I think there were a bit of nerves,Lyon said. "First time at the 'G, a game you were expected to win and a bit of scratchiness, but we competed really well, we won the contested ball and that was the aim. The bottom line is we are 20 and...