Sam Scratch

English

Etymology

See Old Scratch.

Proper noun

Sam Scratch

  1. (chiefly Midland US, Southern US) The Devil.
    Synonyms: Old Nick, Old Serpent; see also Thesaurus:Satan
    • 1904, Jack London, The Faith of Men:
      I tell you-alls the whole camp hits up the Yukon for Dawson jes' like Sam Scratch was after them,—wimmen, children, babes in arms, the whole shebang.
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