abscotchalater
abscotchalater noun: someone hiding from the police.
Noun
abscotchalater (plural abscotchalaters)
- Someone hiding from the police.
- 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.2019 October 14, Paul Anthony Jones, The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 163
- Babir's life quickly began to bear a resemblance to that of an abscotchalater. However, by 1504, he managed to hegemonize the territories of Kabul and Ghazni, both in present-day Afghanistan. He then went on to recapture Samarkand in 1511.2022 February 10, Dr. Kislay Panday, The Sovereign: Sprouts Of Good Governance, Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, page 252
- Synonyms:
- fugitive
Synonyms of abscotchalater
Forms of abscotchalater
| plural | abscotchalaters |
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Origin of abscotchalater
From absquatulate + -er. First use appears c. 1876.
Questions about abscotchalater
- What does abscotchalater mean?
- Abscotchalater means someone hiding from the police.
- What part of speech is abscotchalater?
- Abscotchalater is a noun.
- What is the plural of abscotchalater?
- The plural of abscotchalater is abscotchalaters.
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