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

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

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2023

In his bio, Sigg presented himself not as a scrapper but as a savant with “unprecedented standards.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2022

Here was a 24-year-old scrapper sucking up all the oxygen with a simplistic riff on an age-old plot.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2021

I’ve fought tooth and nail, myself, for my place at the top, and I like a game scrapper, even if he is on the wrong side.

From The Crevice by Grefé, Will