Abscotchalater

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone hiding from the police. archaic

    "On 11 June 1962, three absquatulating abscotchalaters – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin – became perhaps the only inmates of Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, California, ever to successfully escape the facility."

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"On 11 June 1962, three absquatulating abscotchalaters – Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin – became perhaps the only inmates of Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, California, ever to successfully escape the facility."

Etymology

From absquatulate + -er. First use appears c. 1876.

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