Meaning & use
scratchings
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Small, crisp pieces of fried pork skin and fat eaten as a snack, especially in British pubs.
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He ordered a pint and a bag of pork scratchings at the pub.
The archaeologist noted faint scratchings on the cave wall.
A note on using this word
In British pubs, "scratchings" almost always refers to the salty pork-skin snack, a savory counterpart to crisps.
Words with a similar meaning
cracklings
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Another way to use it
2. noun
marks or traces left by scratching a surface
Faint scratchings on the desk revealed where the lock had once been.
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