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

Gawky and bespectacled but with the brio of a scrapper, Pearlman was dressed like a quintessential sports geek: black-and-yellow Pittsburgh Pirates hat and Pittsburgh Maulers shirt, the latter a long-gone professional football team.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2025

But Daryl was always an old-school scrapper, giving him an edge.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 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

Poor scrapper, though, is hardly the word for a modern fashionable American pugilist.

From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Shaw, Bernard