English

Pronunciation
skflô, skôf-

Etymology
Coined simultaneously by Mr Henry Irving Dale and Miss Kate L. Butler for a contest held in Boston in w:1923|1923 in which a word for "a lawless drinker of illegally made or illegally obtained liquor" was sought during the w:Prohibition|Prohibition era.<ref>Quinion, Michael, World Wide Words, http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-sco2.htm</ref>

Noun
en-noun

1. One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets.)

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ru:scofflaw

• 2007-07-04 17:53 - Connel MacKenzie -

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