Definition of "scraper" [scrap•er]

• One that scrapes, especially a tool for scraping off paint or other adherent matter such as ice on a windshield. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The true sky-scraper is beautiful — and this is the reluctant admission of a man who dislikes humanity-festering cities."
• "The true sky-scraper is beautiful, and it is beautiful in so far as it is true."
• "A scraper is a type of blog that takes content from other people’s site via feeds and uses it, sometimes within Fair Use and often not."