SCRAPEGUT

PRONUNCIATION: (SKRAYP-guht)

MEANING: noun: A fiddler.

ETYMOLOGY: Traditionally, violin strings were made of catgut, which is gut or intestines of sheep or goat (not cats). The word scrapegut is a jocular or contemptuous reference to a violinist, as if scraping the strings. Earliest documented use: 1837.
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