17 March 2014

skedaddle

[ski-dad-l]

Informal.

verb (used without object), ske·dad·dled, ske·dad·dling.

1. to run away hurriedly; flee.

noun
2. a hasty flight.
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism; compare dial. ( Scots, N England) skedaddle to spill, scatter, skiddle to move away quickly

Anagram

Added elks
desk addle

Today’s aphorism

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.

– Frances Wright

On this day

17 March – St Patrick’s Day.

17 March 1931 – The U.S. state of Nevada legalises gambling, which paves the way for the establishment of Las Vegas as the casino capital of America.

17 March 1966 – a hydrogen bomb is recovered from the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. The bomb had fallen from a U.S. B-52 after it collided with a KC-135 refuelling jet.