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| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| Abscond’ | |
| means properly to hide; but we genérally use the word in the sense of stealing off secretly from an employer. (Latin, abscondo.) | 1 |
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