I like to think I am down there with the kids but my daughter uses the term "Scratter" to describe anyone who isn't as fortunate as herself, if you accept that being my daughter is fortunate.

I live in Lancashire and it's not a term I am familiar with, she's only started using it since she moved to Leeds in Yorkshire - does that mean any ne'r do well, state subsidised scrounger from the White Rose county is a Scratter or is the term more widely used? I wonder if my recent birthday - thanks for all the cards and good wishes by the way , means I am now officially out of touch and "Scratter" is more widely used than I realised. I mean would it apply to those of us who ventured into Aldi "scratting" for a cheapo battery charger for example I'd be interested in views.............. Geoff

As far as I know it's a Cumbrian term.

scrat
1.(verb. skratt) search. e.g. Ah wuz scrattin around fur ages fur me lowie after it fell outta me pocket when a lowped ower yon yat

= I searched for a considerable time for my loose change after it spilled from my pockets as I vaulted over the gateway.

scrattin aboot

=looking for something

( I scrat, you scrat, he scrats, I scratted )

2.(noun. skratt) mess.
e.g. It wuz in a reet scrat

= It was rather untidy.

I just looked up "scratter" in the Urban Dictionary on t'interweb - I think I get where she's coming from now.

The mere fact we could afford the battery charger at £13 or indeed had a battery to charge (esp. in a Range Rover) would seem on the face of it to disqualify anyone on the forum from being a scratter, even if you are from Yorkshire or Cumbria  Geoff

In Lancs/Cheshire we used to say Chav or Scally to refer to them as they more often than not had the correct atire for such adjactive

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