scratchy

When the one win you've got in 16 games was a scratchy old thing against Gibraltar, you'll take whatever Lady Luck is offering.

To my surprise, they actually stayed up and kept my arms protected as I whacked scratchy shrubs for several hours.

It has been a low-key tournament for the England opener and she looked particularly scratchy in her last innings against South Africa.

Folks in Running Springs have been here before: the burning eyes, scratchy throats, time eking by as they anxiously awaited their fate.

The stand-out announcements were on public sector pay: a hoped-for end to scratchy industrial relations, strikes by junior doctors and disruption for the public.