scratch comma
See also: scratch-comma
English
Alternative forms
- scratch-comma
Etymology
From its appearance
Noun
scratch comma (plural scratch commas)
- (typography, historical) Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩ in its former use as a form of comma.
Synonyms
- See slash
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "scratch, n.¹" Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1911.