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Itching   /ˈɪtʃɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Itch  v. i.  (past & past part. itched; pres. part. itching)  
1.
To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected. "My mouth hath itched all this long day."
2.
To have a constant desire or teasing uneasiness; to long for; as, itching ears. "An itching palm."





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"Itching" Quotes from Famous Books



... feeding will induce this, even if cleanliness be observed; uncleanliness, however liberal the bill of fare, will be taken as an invitation by the little biting pests, and heartily responded to. Mix half a teaspoonful of hydro-oxalic acid with twelve teaspoonfuls of water,—apply to the itching ...
— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton
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... course they all hated us like the devil. Ugh! [Moodily] I've seen them in that office, telling my father what a fine boy I was, and plastering him with compliments, with your honor here and your honor there, when all the time their fingers were itching to beat ...
— John Bull's Other Island • George Bernard Shaw
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... we can save him and win his favour for ever? The men's fingers are itching far a fight; it's a bad plan not to give hounds blood now and then, or they lose the knack ...
— Hypatia - or, New Foes with an Old Face • Charles Kingsley
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... a great many weak points, and no few bipeds have a great itching after notoriety and fame. Fame, I am credibly informed, is not unlike a greased pig, always hard chased, but too eternal slippery for every body to hold on to! I have never cared a tinker's curse for glory myself; the satisfaction of getting quietly along, while in pursuit of bread, comfort and ...
— The Humors of Falconbridge - A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes • Jonathan F. Kelley
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... Mr. Myres came to St. Paul's at the beginning of 1867, and when he made his appearance fidgetty and orthodox souls were in a state of mingled dudgeon and trepidation as to what be would do. It was fancied that he was a Ritualist—fond of floral devices and huge candles, with an incipient itching for variegated millinery, beads, and crosses. But his opponents, who numbered nearly two-thirds of the congregation, screamed before they were bitten, and went into solemn paroxysms of pious frothiness for nothing. Subsequent events have proved how highly imaginative their views were. No church ...
— Our Churches and Chapels • Atticus
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