scrapper
Example Sentences
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"I've got a punch bag in the garage but I'm not a scrapper," he said, adding that his actions at the time were about self preservation.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
Guralnick’s new book is the story of an immigrant scrapper who became a kingmaker with his unerring instinct for the main chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
A scrapper, fighter, hustler and striver, Inez — portrayed by Taylor in a fierce, career-defining turn — will not back down when it comes to the son she insists on fighting for.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023
The city's Department of Public Health eventually denied the permit the scrapper needed to operate.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2023
“Je-rusalem!” observed Blake; “this old boar must have been something of a scrapper his own self.”
From Into the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennett
