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scarper, v. slang.|ˈskɑːpə(r)|
Also scapa, scarpa.
[Prob. ad. It. scappare to escape, get away; reinforced during or after the war of 1914–18 by scapa from Cockney rhyming slang Scapa Flow, to go.]
a. intr. To depart hastily, run away; to escape, make one's get-away.
1846Swell's Night Guide 43 He must hook it before ‘day⁓light does appear’, and then scarper by the back door. 1861H. Mayhew London Labour III. 48/1 When I was scarpering with my culling in the monkey. 1931M. Allingham Look to Lady xxiv. 253 Round up this lot now and scarpa yourselves. 1933G. Ingram ‘Stir’ iii. 45 ‘I'll be punching you up the belly if you don't scarper,’ threatened Smith. 1954M. Procter Hell is City ii. i. 44 Wi' my record I thought I'd better scarper before I got dragged into trouble. 1970Private Eye 27 Feb. 16 Take this lolly and scarpa for lawd's sake. 1972A. Draper Death Penalty v. 37 Ben..shouted, ‘Scapa. Everyone scapa.’ 1974Sunday Post (Glasgow) 21 July 16/4 His panic became unbearable. He jumped out of bed and scarpered! 1977‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon vii. 111 He's downstairs now with the others—and they're keeping a sharp eye on him; he won't have a chance to scarper again.
b. trans. To depart or escape from (a place); usu. in phr. to scarper the letty, to leave one's lodgings without paying the rent (cf. letty n.).
1937Partridge Dict. Slang 731/2 Scarper,..to decamp from... Scarper the letty, to leave one's lodgings without paying. 1957[see letty n.].
Hence as n. in phr. to do a scarper, to run away, ‘do a bunk’.
1958F. Norman Bang to Rights 63 We had all planned to do a scarper. |