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Meaning of abscotchalater | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Someone hiding from the police.

archaic

Examples

“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.”
“Babir's life quickly began to bear a resemblance to that of an abscotchalater. However, by 1504, he managed to hegemonize the territories of Kabul and Ghazni, both in present-day Afghanistan. He then went on to recapture Samarkand in 1511.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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