French. Means literally an escape [from restraint]; hence a spree, lark, or prank. (Spanish, escapar, escapada.)
“His second escapade was made for the purpose of visiting the field of Rullion Green.”—Scott; Guy Mannering, xxxvi.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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