scraper
n.— «Basically just smashed around with my boy and some other folx in his 77 nova scraper (red, white top, red tints, spinners, man it’s clean).» —“What’s your area like (in regards to hip-hop)?” by Sco Dylan (hex1955@comcast.net) Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop Jan. 31, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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