skiddoo
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of skiddoo
First recorded in 1900–05; perhaps alteration of skedaddle
Example Sentences
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Oh brother, 23 skiddoo, and oh you kid!
From Time Magazine Archive
There is a strong temptation to say "Catch-23, please skiddoo."
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
Anyway, I had looked up and said, "It's been nice knowing you," and Lili had said, "Twenty-three, skiddoo," and Maud had said, "Here goes nothing," and we had shook hands all around.
From The Big Time by Leiber, Fritz
It's a real skiddoo, is a cat wit one blue eye and one yaller one.
From Psmith, Journalist by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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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