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Definition of Scarpers
1. scarper [v] - See also: scarper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarpers
Literary usage of Scarpers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1896)
"Branch quarry, are still more insignificant in number, and, finally, that the
number of finished implements, such as arrow- and spear-heads, scarpers ..."
2. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"A horse takes fright and "scarpers," or runs away. SCATTERBRAINED. Giddy. SCAUP.
A bare place in a pasture-field. ..."
3. Report by Louisiana Engineers Board (1902)
"...Very weedy on land side of levee; river side recently enlar'ed by dredge and
scarpers; barrow pits should be drained. Landry to Canty 2462 —2617.. .15500 ..."
4. Histoire des Antilles et des colonies françaises, espagnoles, anglaises by Elias Regnault, Jules La Beaume, Frédéric Lacroix, Ferdinand Denis (1849)
"... baignée des deux cotes par l'Hudson et environnée d'autres paris par des
montagnes e.scarpers. ..."
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