scapin

'scapin' but to slide down the rope over the roof.

Hepsey Burke

'scapin' from de debbil comes good to dese yere people when dey gits free.

The Harvest of Years Martha Lewis Beckwith Ewell 1871

'Course we all wuz shure powahful glad 'bout his' scapin '. "

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Ohio Narratives Work Projects Administration

February 6, 2008 at 9:01 am trikky kitteh…scapin frum da lawz by nterin a wermhole!

OMG - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

If a man hangs roun 'a saloon an' wastes his time an 'money, he's boun' to git seedy an 'ragged an' a bad name, an 'his fam'ly gets po' an 'mis'ble; dat's another kin' ob law -- no 'scapin' it.

The Earth Trembled Edward Payson Roe 1863