scratch and dent mortgage n.— «Founded in 1996, New York-based C-Bass specializes in investing in distressed home mortgage loans. Also known as “scratch and dent” mortgages, these are loans that were either not documented properly or on which...
chicken tractor n.— «A Chicken tractor is a chicken coop built on wheels and without a floor. This allow you to move the chickens around your orchard or yard on a regular basis. They eat the bugs, scratch and fertilize the soil and after a few days...
scratch track n.— «I closed the door to my booth and put on my headphones. As the musicians recorded, I was supposed to sing a “scratch track,” one that would not be used but would let the band know when the singing would occur. The real singing—me...
scrilla n.— «scrilla n.—Money, feddie, cabbage, scratch, scrilla, paper. I suppose its alright to call it scrill for short. Now go get your scrill on.» —“Bay Area Slang” by Christopher Abad Ambient Empire (California) Nov. 11, 2004. (source: Double...
item girl n.— «Shilpa Shetty tells Lata Khubchandani that she’s happy to have abandoned her “item song” reputation and rebuilt her career from scratch. The one-time “item” girl has suddenly become one of the most sought after actresses in Bollywood...
lung-opener n.— «Oxford reached a rating of 45 in a 25-stroke lung-opener to the scratch’s 42 and continued to pull out leads in their subsequent work.» —“Rowing: Lightly Forceful” by Christopher Dodd Guardian (U.K.) Mar. 25, 1993. (source: Double...