Yankee leave

Slang, Obs.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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leave taken secretly or without permission; French leave.

Quotations

1853

When too late, he . . . found his best plan was to take a Yankee leave, and clear out, leaving his unfinished home as a legacy to his creditors.