# backscratcher

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
2. A participant in corruption, such as a briber or pay-to-play participant.

## Etymology
From back + scratcher; also, by surface analysis, backscratch + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/backscratcher