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  • * It may be interesting to note here that in all probability the word "skedaddle," about which there was some controversy during the war, came from the Virginia negro's use of "skaddle," which is a corruption of "scatter. Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser
  • Last we saw the hybrid, he had skedaddled after unwillingly biting his love Caroline due to his sire bond with Klaus. The Vampire Diaries' Michael Trevino: Bill Forbes Will (Try To) Break Tyler's Sire Bond
  • Recently, a neighbour suggested that the nearby park be used for soccer for nearby kids, who are currently forced to skedaddle great distances for their games.
  • The taxi driver took a look around, tried vainly to make peace, did not like what he was seeing, leapt back in his taxi, and skedaddled.
  • They "skedaddled" one night -- that was the time this ugly word originated -- and took refuge in the woods with their guns; and not long after, it is supposed, they built this log fortalice in the depths of the wilderness. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine
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  • I'll help you with your camera in the morning, but you kidlets better skedaddle now. FAMILY PICTURES
  • What kind of a guv is he and what in the blazes was he thinking, when he skedaddled to Argentina, so urgently? SC state lawmaker calls for Sanford investigation
  • The staff skedaddled to rescue their homes from the blaze.
  • That should have been Schiller's and Liley's cue to skedaddle. NPR fundraisers ignored unmistakable red flags
  • Mr. Penrose "skedaddled" after the bell-boy with unmistakable alacrity. The Dude Wrangler
  • No, I told Mack to scram, beat it, skedaddle, hit the road Jack and don't you come back no more.
  • Gladly taking the leap into those trenches is LaBeouf, eager to show he can do more than skedaddle away from computer-generated metal giants in the Transformers blockbusters. 20 years later, greed's still good for Douglas in 'Wall Street' sequel
  • skedaddled", leaving them free, so far as it was concerned, to continue their retreat unmolested. The Boy Slaves
  • What kind of a guv is he and what in the blazes was he thinking, when he skedaddled to Argentina, so urgently? SC state lawmaker calls for Sanford investigation
  • On the other side, when we go out, for a drinks or something and answer that “ice-breaker” question about our occupation, we see how, within 15 minutes, our “company” skedaddle with some silly excuse. Archive 2009-02-01
  • The hens took stage fright and skedaddled when Nancy tried to record some hen chatter.
  • I took this opportunity to skedaddle, though I saw from my apartment window that they quickly caught the kid.
  • That famous "skedaddle," as it was the fashion to call it, he frankly admitted, in his official report, began among the men of his brigade, and the "disorderly retreat" speedily became a humiliating rout, which only a few cool-headed officers, such as Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
  • While Monica and Ken take center stage again in Washington, Bill and his trusty sidekick Al have skedaddled to Asia.
  • Unfortunately the sky opens up immediately after our set and we skedaddle before it gets too muddy and the traffic gets insane.
  • The frightened boy turned tail and skedaddled, hoping to never see his childhood wonderland again. Oni Sneak Peek for the Week of December 02, 2009 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
  • On our way out Tony skedaddled toward the piano of course they had a piano near the communal lunch table -- the employees break bread together "family-style" everyday hitting the keys with gusto as he played us out. Carolyn Ossorio: L'art Pour L'art: Daytrippin' at World Famous
  • The long hours have decimated my reading, writing and studying regime, and I suspect that the inmates are probably placing bets as to how soon I will skedaddle.
  • They unlocked the door and I skedaddled out past the yellow tape perimeter and then scrambled home.
  • Meanwhile, the witnesses of the rural wedding had all skedaddled -- to borrow a Greek word -- into the woods, in dire confusion, tearing dresses, pulling down 'back hair,' hitching hoop skirts, and tumbling over blackberry vines -- but each intent on increasing the distance from the mad cow. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
  • Perhaps though Pat, if I write him a cheque straight away, he'll skedaddle.
  • She showed no sign of caring that her slim boyish legs, encased in her elder brothers khaki shorts, were being scratched by the thorns of the roses that she skedaddled past.
  • The family live a shiftless existence, ‘doing the skedaddle’ from place to place when the bills mount up, sleeping in cardboard boxes and finding their best food source in dustbin leftovers. The Glass Castle « Tales from the Reading Room
  • Perhaps the only _souvenir_ of refugee and "skedaddler" life abroad during the war ever published, its preservation may one day be useful in the socialistic archives of the South, to whose posterity slavery will seem almost a mythical thing. Bohemian Days Three American Tales
  • Looks like the fake doc realized that and skedaddled. Think Progress » Drilling Is Not The Solution To Create Jobs And Reduce Reliance On Foreign Oil
  • A carpenter out fishing with his family caught sight of the thousands of armed and uniformed soldiers marching towards the town, and immediately dropped his loaded line and skedaddled in the direction of the town radio tower.
  • And since, in his fright, he didn't "skedaddle" fast enough to suit them, they threw beets and all sorts of vegetables at him, vegetables that had been ripe a very long time. Half-Past Seven Stories
  • The ones I've seen give you a good once over, and skedaddle. Wolf Sightings Wisconsin
  • * 1 It may he interesting to note here that in all probability the word "skedaddle," about which there was some controversy during the war, came from the Virginia negro's use of "skaddle," which is a corruption of "scatter. Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings
  • Their thanks was to kill both him and his dog and then skedaddle back to Mexico, which refuses to hand over murderers to the US until we promise not to mete out the same punishment to them that they meted out to their victims. The Volokh Conspiracy » Why the Arizona Law is Much Worse than the Federal Law It is Supposedly Based On
  • He then opened his mouth to speak but I figured now was as good as time as any to skedaddle on out of there before I lose control and throw myself at him.
  • Then Iris and I got dressed, went and picked up the kids from their mum's and we skedaddled off to the airport to pick up my sister Susannah, arriving for her Christmas visit.
  • Milroy's "skedaddle" was even more disgraceful than that of Banks. Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison
  • I'll help you with your camera in the morning, but you kidlets better skedaddle now. FAMILY PICTURES
  • Bonds are loans, and bond traders weigh the possibility that the issuer might skedaddle on the payments.
  • He gets the idea nicking's easy ... skedaddles down here, meets up with the likes of Bob Dawson, and Dick Weldon, and reckons Dorset folk have sawdust be­tween their ears. Fox Evil
  • How did he square his socialist internationalism with his love of England and the contempt he felt for the leftist intellectuals who skedaddled to America when war broke out in 1939?

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