Date:  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 14:22:19 +0000
From:  Lynne Murphy <M_Lynne_Murphy[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]BAYLOR.EDU>
Subject: absquatulate/obsquatulate

can anyone tell me about the currency of the word 'absquatulate'? DARE
has 3 intransitive senses and 1 transitive, but only 2 of those senses
have examples from this century. do people know/use it?

lynne
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M. Lynne Murphy
Assistant Professor in Linguistics
Department of English
Baylor University
PO Box 97404
Waco, TX 76798