Skase
/ (ˈskeɪs) /
noun
do a Skase Australian informal to skip the country while owing a large amount of money
Origin of Skase
1C20: after the Australian businessman Christopher Skase (1948–2001), who fled Australia after the collapse of his business empire, owing millions of dollars
Words Nearby Skase
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How to use Skase in a sentence
Up-and-down men are Skase, but the horizontal are less skaser.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings | Henry Wheeler ShawWe beleaf in the spirits of just men—but beleaf they ar Skase.
Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings | Henry Wheeler ShawThere was paintin', and poetry, and music—but them warn't of no account in a new country where money was Skase.
The Puddleford Papers, | H. H. Riley"Ay, it mun be Skase or else I should ha' had a speciment i' my musaum," Jammie said.
Lancashire Humour | Thomas NewbiggingEarthli glory is sum like potatoze on very ritch sile,—top plenty,—tater Skase.
Josh Billings on Ice | Henry Wheeler Shaw
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