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   Scarp·er

   /ˈskärpər/

   

   verb

   • 1. run away: informal British "they left the stuff where it was and scarpered"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: probably from Italian scappare ‘to escape’, influenced by rhyming slang Scapa Flow ‘go’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • S

     1

   • C

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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