What does take to one's scrapers mean?

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take to one's scrapers

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: take -to one's scrap-ers
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verb

To run away.

Example Sentences

"He gave up the gold, and he took to his scrapers."
"‘I let out one yell tuh wake the dead and took to muh scrapers.’"

Inflected Forms

takes to one's scrapers (present, singular) taking to one's scrapers (participle, present) took to one's scrapers (past) taken to one's scrapers (participle, past)

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What does take to one's scrapers mean?: To run away.

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