scarper the letty

English

Etymology

Polari scarper (“flee”) (from Italian scappare) + letty (“bed”) (from Italian letti).

Verb

scarper the letty (third-person singular simple present scarpers the letty, present participle scarpering the letty, simple past and past participle scarpered the letty)

  1. (UK, slang, dated) To depart quickly from a rented place without paying.

Further reading

  • John Ayto, The Oxford Dictionary of Slang, Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 386,[1]
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