Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scratching a living

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables
scratch-ing a liv-ing
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of scratch a living

Questions

What does scratching a living mean?
present participle and gerund of scratch a living

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