Sketch

v.

Heard in Sligo, Cork, Mayo, Dublin, Wicklow and Tipperary

To run away. Also to run away from someone.

Sketch lawdz!" "Pigs comin sketch lads" "Sketch lads, the Law are comin!

Posh English

Run for it, chaps! The police are coming, make yourselves scarce!

Same phrase, other counties

• Cork
• Mayo
• Dublin
• Wicklow
• Tipperary

Related terms

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