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scarper the letty

scarper the letty verb: to depart quickly from a rented place without paying.

Verb

scarper the letty (third-person singular simple present scarpers the letty, present participle scarpering the letty, simple past and past participle scarpered the letty)

  1. (UK, dated, slang) To depart quickly from a rented place without paying.

Forms of scarper the letty

third-person singular presentscarpers the letty
present participlescarpering the letty
past participlescarpered the letty
pastscarpered the letty

Origin of scarper the letty

Polari scarper (“flee”) (from Italian scappare) + letty (“bed”) (from Italian letti).

Questions about scarper the letty

What does scarper the letty mean?
Scarper the letty means to depart quickly from a rented place without paying.
What part of speech is scarper the letty?
Scarper the letty is a verb.
What is the past tense of scarper the letty?
The past tense of scarper the letty is scarpered the letty.

Words near scarper the letty in the dictionary

  1. scarpe
  2. scarped
  3. Scarpelli
  4. Scarpellis
  5. scarper
  6. scarper the letty
  7. scarpered
  8. scarpering
  9. scarpering the letty
  10. scarpers
  11. scarpers the letty

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