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   skid·doo

   /skəˈdo͞o/

   verb

   • 1. leave somewhere quickly: informal, dated North American "I skidoo and take a trip"

   Word Origin early 20th century: perhaps from skedaddle. The term is said to have been used originally in reference to male onlookers chased by police from the Flatiron Building, 23rd Street, New York, where the skirts of female passers-by were raised by winds intensified by the building's design.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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