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Definition of Scarper

1. Verb. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run. "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

Definition of Scarper

1. Verb. (British slang) To run away; to flee; to escape. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scarper

1. to flee [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: flee

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scarper

Literary usage of Scarper

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal by John Camden Hotten (1874)
"As the name of this place is pronounced Redding, SCARLET-TOWN is probably a rude pun upon it. scarper, to run away ; Spanish, ESCAPAR, to escape, make off; ..."

2. Fifty Years of an Actors̓ Life by John Coleman (1904)
"... That sneak Whiskers have just blown the gaff to old Slow-Coach, and he'll be here in two two's to give you beans—so scarper, laddies— scarper ! ..."

3. On the Existence of Mixed Languages: Being an Examination of the Fundamental by James Cresswell Clough (1876)
"... penniless, from niente denaro; scarper, to elope, from scappare; to scarper with the feele of the donna of the casey, is scappare colla figlia della ..."

4. The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast by John Camden Hotten (1872)
"scarper, to run away.—Spanish, ESCAPAR, to escape, make off; Italian, ... scarper with the feele of the donna of the cassey," to run away with the daughter ..."

5. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"SCALES. That kind of coal which cakes, and burns white, produces " scales." scarper. To give one leg-bail is to " scarper." " Ah kept weel up tul 'em wal ..."

6. Anatomy, descriptive and surgical by Henry Gray (1864)
"The endolymph (liquor scarper) is a limpid serous fluid, which fills the membranous labyrinth; in composition, it closely resembles the perilymph. ..."

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