Sunday, November 25, 2012

Scarper -- Little Brother Matt

scarper [ˈskɑːpə] Brit slang
vb (intr)
to depart in haste

n
a hasty departure
[probably an adaptation of Italian scappare to escape; perhaps influenced by folk etymology Scapa Flow Cockney rhyming slang for go]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

Little Brother Matt will scarper from any place where ill will is spreading. 

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