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scarper(dictionary)

scarper (iou)



scarper verb. slang. M19.
[Prob. from Italian scappare escape, get away; reinforced during or after the war of 1914-18 by rhyming slang Scapa flow go.]
verb intrans. Leave in haste, run away; escape. M19.
P. Barker Go on, scarper! You know you're not supposed to be here.
verb trans. Leave or escape from (a place). Chiefly in scarper the letty, leave one's lodgings without paying the rent. M20.