subs. (American).—A commotion; a dispersal. Hence SCATTERATIONIST = a politician running his personal fads without reference to either party or public.
1878. North American Review, cxxvi. 244. Some well-directed shots … sent wagons flying in the air, and produced a SCATTERATION.
1883. BOLDREWOOD, Robbery under Arms, xiii. I did see one explode at a review in Melbourne—and, my word! what a SCATTERATION it made.
