skiddoo
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of skiddoo
First recorded in 1900–05; perhaps alteration of skedaddle
Example Sentences
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There is a strong temptation to say "Catch-23, please skiddoo."
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh brother, 23 skiddoo, and oh you kid!
From Time Magazine Archive
Lady turn around, turn around, turn around, Lady touch the ground, touch the ground, touch the ground; Lady show your shoe, show your shoe, show your shoe, Lady, lady, twenty-four skiddoo!
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
In short,' I says, 'I've been handed the office to skiddoo, and in such cases I believe in skiddooing.
From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
My registration card is numbered twenty-three, so I'm the only original skiddoo soldier—take it from your Uncle Dudley.
From Tom Slade with the Colors by Clarity, Thomas
In short,' I says, 'I've been handed the office to skiddoo, and in such cases I believe in skiddooing.
From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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