scatt
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a variation of
scat.
scatverb (used without object)to go off hastily (often used in the imperative).
Example Sentences
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I throwed an acorn at him, and he scooted up a tree quicker'n scatt.
From Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis
"Richer presents," said she, "Gave King Harald Gormson To the Queen, my mother, Than such worthless weeds; "When he ravaged Norway, Laying waste the kingdom, Seizing scatt and treasure For her royal needs.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It is true that we owned no king or overlord, but if the Scots king asked for scatt we paid it, grumbling, for the sake of peace.
From A Sea Queen's Sailing by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
He was Hodulf's steward, the man who gathers the scatt, and therefore is not liked.
From Havelok the Dane A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
It is in my mind that he seeks not so much for revenge as for payment of scatt from our islands.
From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler