"Scatt" Quotes from Famous Books
... you say when you'd made your best bow?" "I opened my mouth and remarked 'miaow.'" "What did the Queen say in answer to that?" "She screamed a little, and then she said, 'SCAT!'" ... — Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) - Fun and Thought for Little Folk • Various
... to slip down an' scat un ower the head for what he done to me this marnin'. Such an auld man as me, tu! weak in the ... — Children of the Mist • Eden Phillpotts
... possible, on the advice of my lawyer: 'Good mornin', Mrs. Loop.' An' then when I seen her lookin' around for somethin' to throw at me, I knowed it wasn't any use tryin' to be polite, so I sez: 'Git out o' my sight, you old cow!' And 'fore you could say scat, she was out o' my sight. I didn't know it was possible for me to be so spry at my age. Just as she was gettin' out o' my sight by me gettin' around the corner of the barn, I heard somethin' go ker-slam ag'inst the side of the barn, but I don't know what ... — Anderson Crow, Detective • George Barr McCutcheon |