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TO HOP THE TWIG

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Slang in 1811

TO HOP THE TWIG. To run away. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO HOP THE TWIG

Language Translations for "TO HOP THE TWIG"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

kereket old (take to one's heels, to abscond, to hop it, to hop the stick, to ooze, to show a clean pair of heels, to slip off, to sting one's hook, to take one's heels, to take to one's heels, to vamoose, to vamose), elpatkol (snuff it, to cash in one's chips, to croak, to cross the river, to cross the river of death, to drop off, to drop off the hooks, to go home, to go west, to hand in one's check, to hop the stick, to kick the bucket, to shuffle off, to snuff out, to turn up one's toes). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay ophay ethay igtway.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO HOP THE TWIG

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-g-h-h-i-o-o-p-t-t-t-w"

-5 letters: gothite, whoopie.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
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