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scratch line

  1. the starting line of a race
  2. ☆ a line that must not be overstepped in certain contests, as the long jump or javelin throw

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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