escampette

French

Etymology

From escamper +‎ -ette

Noun

escampette f (plural escampettes)

Used only in the phrase prendre la poudre d'escampette - to do a bunk

Further reading

“escampette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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