Old Scratch

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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. [1]

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  1. "Old Scratch", The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language , Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2011