The constant intercourse between the outposts soon made the term familiar to the Federal army also. For an older guess: used even yet by students of Yale College and elsewhere to designate their rooms, or a theatrical or other performance in a public hall, has its origin probably in a corruption of the French cabane, a hut, familiar to the troops that came from Louisiana, and constantly used in the Confederate camp for the simple huts, which they built with such alacrity and skill for their winter quarters. Either or both senses also might be mangled pronunciations of French char-à-banc, a bus-like wagon with many seats. The phrase the whole shebang is recorded from 1869, but its relation to the earlier use of the word is obscure. It is applied alike to a room, a shop, or a hut, a tent, a cabin an engine house." Bartlett's 1877 edition describes shebeen as "A strange word that had its origin during the late civil war. Perhaps it is an alteration of shebeen (q.v.), but shebang meaning "tavern," a seemingly necessary transitional sense, is not attested before 1878 and shebeen seems to have been not much used in the U.S. skedaddle, shoddy), it is of uncertain origin. Civil War, but like much of the soldier's slang (e.g. The word is used throughout the whole Army of the Potomac, and means "to cut stick, "vamose the ranche," "slope," "cut your lucky," or "clear out." ġ862 (Whitman), "hut, shed, shelter," American English slang, popularized among soldiers in the U.S. It is at least an error of judgment, if not an intentional unkindness, to foist "skadaddle" on our Teutonic soldiers. As a noun from 1862, "a hasty flight." For the benefit of future etymologists who may have a dictionary to make out when the English language shall have adopted "skadaddle" into familiar use by the side of "employee" and "telegram," we here define the new term. scaddle 'scare, frighten.'" Related: Skedaddled skedaddling. He calls it instead an "enlargement of dial. Perhaps it is connected to earlier use in northern England dialect with a meaning "to spill, scatter." Liberman says it "has no connection with any word of Greek, Irish, or Swedish, and it is not a blend". There is an earlier use in a piece reprinted in Northern newspapers in 1859, representing Hoosier speech. (14) A carpenter out fishing with his family caught sight of the thousands of armed and uniformed soldiers marching towards the town, and immediately dropped his loaded line and skedaddled in the direction of the town radio tower."run away, betake oneself hastily to flight," American Civil War military slang noted and popularized in newspapers from the summer of 1861, originally often skadaddle, a word of unknown origin. (13) They unlocked the door and I skedaddled out past the yellow tape perimeter and then scrambled home. (12) The hens took stage fright and skedaddled when Nancy tried to record some hen chatter. (11) The taxi driver took a look around, tried vainly to make peace, did not like what he was seeing, leapt back in his taxi, and skedaddled. (10) Then Iris and I got dressed, went and picked up the kids from their mum's and we skedaddled off to the airport to pick up my sister Susannah, arriving for her Christmas visit. We think UPANDLEAVE is the possible answer on this clue. This answers first letter of which starts with U and can be found at the end of E. The crossword clue possible answer is available in 10 letters. (9) The staff skedaddled to rescue their homes from the blaze. This crossword clue Skedaddle unexpectedly was discovered last seen in the Maat the New York Times Crossword. (8) While Monica and Ken take center stage again in Washington, Bill and his trusty sidekick Al have skedaddled to Asia. (7) The long hours have decimated my reading, writing and studying regime, and I suspect that the inmates are probably placing bets as to how soon I will skedaddle. (6) He then opened his mouth to speak but I figured now was as good as time as any to skedaddle on out of there before I lose control and throw myself at him. (5) Perhaps though Pat, if I write him a cheque straight away, he'll skedaddle. (4) Unfortunately the sky opens up immediately after our set and we skedaddle before it gets too muddy and the traffic gets insane. (3) Bonds are loans, and bond traders weigh the possibility that the issuer might skedaddle on the payments. (2) I took this opportunity to skedaddle, though I saw from my apartment window that they quickly caught the kid. (1) Recently, a neighbour suggested that the nearby park be used for soccer for nearby kids, who are currently forced to skedaddle great distances for their games.
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