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Decaniller
To be off, to decamp, to escape. A curious instance of argot.
Canille is old French for chenille, a pupa, imago, or chrysalis.
These afterwards become winged insects and take their flight. So a
visitor says in France, “Il faut me sauver, ” or “Il faut
decaniller. ” I must be off.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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