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variants:
chiefly US scratch ticket or chiefly British scratch card
Definition of scratch ticket
: a card (such as a lottery ticket) having a small area covered by an opaque coating which may be scratched off to reveal hidden information (such as a prize)
won fifty dollars on a ten dollar scratch ticket
Examples of scratch ticket in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Take a seat next to a local, meander over to the scratch card machine, and make some memories.
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Megan Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, "10 easy and fun ideas for your summer bucket list," 26 July 2019 Just a reminder that this is the last week for the Asurion scratch card contest, as well as our current spiff program paying out up to 4%.
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Danny Hakim, New York Times, "Recounting ‘Horror Stories’ Over Guitar Center’s Warranties," 7 June 2018 Additionally, free scratch cards between the amounts of $5-$50 will be given out on Saturday, April 7.
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Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, "Pet Supplies Plus to open second Katy-area store," 27 Mar. 2018
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The first known use of scratch ticket was in 1977
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