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  1. Old Scratchnoun

    The Devil.

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  1. Old Scratch

    Old Scratch or Mr. Scratch is a nickname or pseudonym for the Devil. The name likely comes from Middle English scrat, the name of a demon or goblin, derived from Old Norse skratte.

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  1. Old Scratch

    Old Scratch or Mr. Scratch is a folk name for The Devil in the local legends of New England and pre-Civil War America. It is possible that the local legends containing this name were influenced by Faustian stories brought to North America by German immigrants. Old Scratch is also referred to in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, in The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo by Rudyard Kipling, in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, in The Three Clerks by Anthony Trollope, in Miracle Monday by Elliot S. Maggin, in Alan Wake by Remedy Entertainment, Dirty Jobs episode 1.28, and in The Witches of Eastwick.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Old Scratch in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Old Scratch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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