Scofflaw Definition
skŏflô, skôf-
scofflaws
noun
A habitual or flagrant violator of laws, esp. traffic or liquor laws.
Webster's New World
An iconoclast.
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Noun
Singular:
scofflaw
Plural:
scofflawsOrigin of Scofflaw
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Coined simultaneously by Mr Henry Irving Dale and Miss Kate L. Butler for a contest held in Boston in 1923 in which a word for "a lawless drinker of illegally made or illegally obtained liquor" was sought during the Prohibition era.
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