Scuddle

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To run hastily; to hurry; to scuttle. intransitive

    "A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery."

  2. 2
    To drudge. Scotland, intransitive
  3. 3
    To wash or cleanse. Scotland, transitive

Example

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"A buffle headed sub-chanter having been found guilty of absconsion from his butlership scuddled hastily with colubrine steps into the seclusion of his battish eggery."

Etymology

From scud + -le (frequentative). Compare scuttle (“to hurry”).

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