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Definition of Skedaddled
1. skedaddle [v] - See also: skedaddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skedaddled
Literary usage of Skedaddled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the 124th Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers: Otherwise Known by Richard L. Howard (1880)
"Rebs"skedaddled."—Raining hard.—Across the Tallahatchie. and through the mud
single file to Oxford.—In the advance, and what comes of it. ..."
2. My Diary North and South by William Howard Russell (1863)
"... affects to consider the question eminently suitable for reference and arbitration.
as hard aa they could, for their men skedaddled, and the Secession ..."
3. A Search for Fortune: The Autobiography of a Younger Son, a Narrative of by Hamilton Lindsay-Bucknall (1878)
"... odd £1—Death of Chalker—My friend M.— " skedaddled "—Off to Rosario—Sad
enough—The girl I left behind me. ALONG and affectionate meeting took place ..."
4. Social Activities for Men and Boys by Albert Meader Chesley (1910)
"Skedaddle, daddle to Schenectady, To our YMCA (2) I up the stairs skedaddled, to
ask about a place To sleep and hang my coat and hat, and sit and feed my ..."
5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"... vocation and skedaddled, helter-skelter, ov.-r mountains and ravines, ...
they must have skedaddled. The distance charged over by our cavalry from ..."
6. Men and Things I Saw in Civil War Days by James Fowler Rusling (1899)
"Meanwhile, Hooker had 'skedaddled' by another road, right from under the noses
of the Rebels, and we were all safe on the way to James River. ..."
7. History of the First by John Mead Gould, Leonard G. Jordan (1871)
"In eighteen hundred and sixty-four, We all skedaddled to Grand Ecore,» (Full
Chorus.) And we'll all drink ! stone ! blind ! Johnny fill up the bowl! ..."
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