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- noun A wooden
post , wrapped in a piece ofcarpet (or similar material), on which adomestic cat is encouraged toscratch (rather than on the furniture)
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mollusque commented on the word scratching post
But never again use another person's body or emotions as a scratching post for your own unfulfilled yearnings.
--Elizabeth Gilbert, 2006, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia, p. 65
August 10, 2009