English

Noun

abscotchalater ‎(plural abscotchalaters)

1. (archaic, thieves' cant) Someone hiding from the police.

Synonyms

• fugitive

References

• Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1889) A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 1, page 9
• Farmer, John Stephen (1890) Slang and Its Analogues, volume 1, page 12