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Definition of Scot free
1. Adverb. Free from harm or penalty. "He went scot-free"
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Literary usage of Scot free
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"... bouch in the morning, one cliet lofe, one manchet, two gallons of ale, dim'
pitcher of wine." " Avoir bouche à court, to eat and drink scot-free,to have ..."
2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"Avoir bouche à court, to eat and drink scot-free,to have budge-a-court, to be in
ordinary at court." Cotgrave, t>. bouche. What is your business î—N. To ..."
3. The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford, Lord Keeper of by Roger North (1826)
"... but our merchant had the good luck to come off scot-free, and made his advantages
accordingly. tion with a bey of a galley, which requires a very great ..."
4. Parochial Antiquities Attempted in the History of Ambrosden, Burcester, and by White Kennett, Thomas Delafield (1818)
"... scot-free and rent-free, with all the things which belong thereunto, in wood
and field, ... scotfree ..."
5. The London Medical Gazette (1834)
"... at the expense of the regular practitioner. live to attend, may occasionally
be seen, scot-free, in the lecture-room ; all that is expected in return, ..."
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