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Use in Literature

Absconding

I quite admit that Shylock worries him cruelly, and if he had not given hostages to fortune, he would abscond with a light heart to some distant station where he might forget his old debts and contract new ones.–Edward Hamilton Aitken in Behind the Bungalow.

Then he got a raft afloat, containing about a thousand dollars' worth of lumber, and sent it off under charge of his overseer, who sold it at Cincinnati, and absconded with the money.–T.S. Arthur in Lessons in Life, For All Who Will Read Them.

Thanking him or the information, Teddy went drearily on his way, more hopelessly convinced than ever that Giovanni had deliberately stolen the child, and absconded with her.–J.G. Austin in Outpost.

It appeared that these fellows, who were acting as porters to the Turks, had been beaten, and had therefore absconded and joined me.–Samuel White Baker in The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile.

It was satisfactory to learn that after a few months he recovered from his wounds, and exhibited his complete cure by absconding from the hospital unknown to the authorities, without returning thanks for the attention he had received.–Samuel White Baker in Wild Beasts and their Ways, vol 1.

My Latooka, to whom I have been very kind, has absconded: there is no difference in any of these savages; if hungry, they will fawn upon you, and when filled, they will desert.–Samuel White Baker in The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile.

One of the horsekeepers absconded before daybreak; sent after him.–Samuel White Baker in The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile.

Our guide Rabonga, who had accompanied us from M'rooli, had absconded, and we were left to shift for ourselves.–Samuel White Baker in The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile.

They had also stolen Raouf Bey's guns and rifles from his house, and had absconded to Belinian.–Samuel White Baker in Ismailia.

They invariably stipulated that they were to receive their beads before they commenced work, in which case they, with few exceptions, absconded with their advanced payment.–Samuel White Baker in The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile.

• Preface iv
• Use in Literature 1
• Absconding 1
• Absconding – "Men" 4
• Absconding – "Night" 5
• Nonfiction Usage 7
• Presidential Usage 7
• Journalism Usage 7
• Bibliographic Usage 7
• Encyclopedic Usage 10
• Lexicographic Usage 11
• Index 17