Levant (verb) (archaic)
le-vant
Run away, typically leaving unpaid debts.
Early 17th century: perhaps from Levant: compare with French faire voile en Levant ‘be stolen or spirited away’, literally ‘set sail for the Levant’.
Example sentences
“The trouble is they often fall behind on the rent and then levant.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)