scratch card

noun

1. a card or ticket having one or more sections coated with an opaque substance that can be scratched off to reveal a possible prize.

Word History and Origins

Origin of scratch card¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

These games are considerably faster and more dangerous for players than the harmless-seeming, dollar-a-week scratch-card habit.

From The Daily Beast

Scratch-card, a wire brush to remove tarnish from lead before soldering (p. 144).

From Project Gutenberg