scrapers n pl OED scraper 8 A-1 (1824, 1842); EDD sb 10 Ir. Phr take to one's scrapers: to take to one's heels, run away quickly.
1888 HOWLEY MS Reminiscences 21 Before we could get near [the black fox] he took to his scrapers and was off in the woods. T 54/9-64 'He got saucy an' dirty and rose a row here,' she said, 'an' he got beat up, an' he took to his scrapers.' P 108-70 She took to her scrapers and never cried crack till she got home. C 71-117 I tell you, I took to me scrapers when I got half up the hill and seen that black dog.
