He leaped back on his ladder and attacked peeling paint, banging his scraper on the siding to keep time.

To the frame, E, are fixed the scrapers, b, and the interrupted pieces, a, in front of which are the hinged valves, c.

A.A flat file bent, and sharpened at the end, makes an eligible scraper for the first stages; or a flat file sharpened at the end and used like a chisel for wood.

What d'yer mean, yer bloomin' scalp-scraper!'

I've sent a sallow parchment scraper To put Miss Trim's last will on paper; He'll see her, silent as a mummy, At whist with her two maids and dummy.