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scraperboard

[ skrey-per-bawrd, -bohrd ]

scraperboard

/ ˈɪəˌɔː /

noun

  1. thin card covered with a layer of white china clay and a black top layer of Indian ink, which can be scraped away with a special tool to leave a white line
  2. a picture or design produced in this way
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of scraperboard1

First recorded in 1890–95; scraper + board
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Example Sentences

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Some of the Tobiases' small, delicately painted, translucent heads are more like photographic negatives of ghosts, or scraperboard illustrations of long-dead relatives.

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