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skedaddle. Skedaddle is often thought of as an Americanism for “to retreat, flee, clear out, depart hurriedly.” But the expres- sion probably comes from Scottish and English dialect, possi- bly deriving from the Greek skedannunai, “to split up.” First used in America during the 1820s it became popular among Northern troops during the Civil War as a word describing Rebels fleeing the battlefield after a loss. |