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How to say "Get Lost" in the late 1880s?

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Chriscol | 19:13 Tue 08th Mar 2005 | Phrases & Sayings
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I'm looking for a phrase from a common man in London said to a street urchin around the 1880s that would be the equivalent of "Scram," or "Take a hike." I don't want something so obscure a reader wouldn't understand it. It also should not be vulgar.
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Avatar Image fairman
How about 'op it yer little oik
Thats what people in their 80's used to say to me in the '60's
20:16 Tue 08th Mar 2005
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What about "Sling yer 'ook!" ?
21:39 Tue 08th Mar 2005
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Scarper?

(scapa floe = go)

22:43 Tue 08th Mar 2005
Avatar Image Clare A
Get ye gone?
05:33 Wed 09th Mar 2005
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I want to see the back of yer
11:08 Wed 09th Mar 2005
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go climb a chimney.
00:22 Thu 10th Mar 2005
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Thank you, everyone. That chimney one may be the right fit here!
06:46 Fri 11th Mar 2005

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