scarpering

Darren Bent lasted 18 months in the north-east at Sunderland before scarpering back down the A1 to Aston Villa.

Why it's continental glamour or bust for Sunderland and Newcastle | Louise Taylor 2011

Typically charming is The Faithless Shepherd, in which the shepherd is shown scarpering as a wolf tucks in to one of his lost sheep beneath a sky of cobalt clouds.

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I thought about titling today's column "Sausage Making, Interrupted" in (dis -) honor of the House of Representatives scarpering off on a five-week vacation without finishing their work on healthcare reform (the Senate, it should be noted, is reportedly planning on doing exactly the same thing next week, to their equal shame).

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If you see a very cross-looking munkey scarpering frantically amidst the late-night shoppers over the next few days, chances are it'll be me.

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If you see a very cross-looking munkey scarpering frantically amidst the late-night shoppers over the next few days, chances are it'll be me.

december the fucking 20th already?! how did that happen?! 2006

Another crackle of musketry and they were all scarpering anew, but the fire was sustained now, and clearly from down by the river; way down by the Four Courts, Mr. Mack heard.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

Another crackle of musketry and they were all scarpering anew, but the fire was sustained now, and clearly from down by the river; way down by the Four Courts, Mr. Mack heard.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

SO now I am scarpering off to see Steven and drinking the caffeinated brew.

phelicity Diary Entry phelicity 2001

He didn't have much time to select between scarpering for home and pretending he'd just arrived, however.

A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001

"I don't feel like I've grown up, I'm still way out of my depth," said one, as I imagined a patient the other side of the bed curtain hurriedly pulling on a pair of trousers over their plaster cast and ripping out a catheter while scarpering down the corridor.

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