scratch sheet
scratch sheet
A racing publication that provides detailed odds and information of racehorses and their jockeys to prospective gamblers. Also known as a "dope sheet." I quit gambling five years ago, but I still like to look over the scratch sheets at the race tracks just to feel a little bit of that rush again.
See also: scratch, sheet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
scratch sheet
n. a daily horse-racing newsletter at the racetrack. I picked up a scratch sheet from Lucky Louie and proceeded to lay down my life’s saving on a horse named Felicity Anne.
See also: scratch, sheet
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- dope sheet
- you dope
- do dope
- dope fiend
- make a book
- pitch a tent
- three sheets in/to the wind
- get this
- rap sheet
- sheet