"scrapegut" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scrapeguts [plural]
Etymology: scrape + gut (“intestines of an animal used to make strings”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|scrape|gut|gloss2=intestines of an animal used to make strings}} scrape + gut (“intestines of an animal used to make strings”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrapegut (plural scrapeguts)
  1. (obsolete) A fiddler. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): People

Inflected forms

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