skedaddler

[ski-dad-ler]

ske·dad·dler

[ski-dad-ler]
noun Informal.
1.
a person or thing that skedaddles.
2.
Canadian. a U.S. citizen who fled to Canada rather than serve in the armed forces during the American Civil War.

Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; skedaddle + -er1
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Skedaddler is always a great word to know.
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