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Definition of Skedaddles
1. skedaddle [v] - See also: skedaddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Skedaddles
Literary usage of Skedaddles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Comic History of the United States: From a Period Prior to the Discovery by John D. Sherwood (1870)
"John B. Floyd skedaddles, chased by an Indictment. — General Anderson— Fort Sumter
breaks the Cabinet. — The Confederate Government and Flag made. ..."
2. Historic Records of the Fifth New York Cavalry, First Ira Harris Guard: Its by Louis Napoléon Beaudry (1865)
"His Negroes.— Their Depredations.— Our Soldiers falsely Accused of Pillaging.— Henry
A. Wise wisely skedaddles.— Within a few Miles of Richmond. ..."
3. Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors by Walter Hamilton (1887)
"It may be my truant monkey, Will come with that cord again ; It may be he only
skedaddles When he hears the organ-men ! It may be my truant monkey Will come ..."
4. Ten Years in Washington: Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman by Mary Clemmer (1874)
"C." very Prudently " skedaddles "—One Hundred " Braves " Skedaddle with Him—"
French John " Makes a Proposition—He Desires to "Blow up the British "—John ..."
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