Willis Moore and others of his kind-men I had previously trusted as honest, really proved themselves, double-faced, political back-scratchers.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
I have slain the sturgeon, Nahma; Make the rifts a little larger, With your claws the openings widen, Set me free from this dark prison, And henceforward and forever Men shall speak of your achievements, Calling you Kayoshk, the sea-gulls, Yes, Kayoshk, the Noble scratchers!"
"The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
They are great scratchers, and will often remain several minutes scratching in one place, like a hen.
"Birds and Poets"
John Burroughs