Skedaddle (1860)

Dave Wilton dave at WILTON.NET
Tue Mar 20 15:00:26 UTC 2007


Antedates the OED2 by some 18 months. From _The Agitator_ of Wellsboro,
Pennsylvania, 12 January 1860, p. 1 (Newspaperarchive.com):

"You'd oughter seen that gang skedaddle."

--Dave Wilton
  dave at wilton.net

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