scraper
n.— «I found out AK got locked up…atleast thats what DT told me…he got caught ridin in his scraper i guess and he didnt have his “L’s.”» —by ototpnoy4o8 in Sacramento, Calif. Xanga.com Mar. 17, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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