scrapper
Example Sentences
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"I've got a punch bag in the garage but I'm not a scrapper," he said, adding that his actions at the time were about self preservation.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Nor would it function without Sweeney, who works best in a register somewhere between ditzy blond and tough little scrapper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025
The city's Department of Public Health eventually denied the permit the scrapper needed to operate.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2023
The Kraken defensemen are the ones expected to respond most physically when an opposing blue-liner or known scrapper starts going at guys.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
What did I mean—me, a rough-house scrapper from the red-light section—by buttin' into a peaceful community and insultin' the oldest inhabitants?
From Shorty McCabe by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson