abscotchalater

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abscotchalater

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From absquatulate + -er. First use appears c. 1876.

noun abscotchalaters

archaic 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.
Similar: fugitive

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@misc{abscotchalater_2026,
  title = {abscotchalater},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abscotchalater},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}