ambuscado
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of ambuscado
1585–95; pseudo-Spanish alteration of ambuscade
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Death himself had me by the heels, for this was his last ambuscado, and he must now join personally in the fray.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew
June 10.—All this day ventured not abroad fearing an ambuscado.
From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery
So, as I said, he came up with his train to the gate, and laid his ambuscado for Captain Resistance within bow-shot of the town.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John
If they mean any treachery, such as a decoy and ambuscado, why, by my conscience! we must e'en allow them their humour, and punish them, when 'tis made manifest.
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery
They had manned them both, and planted their ordnance for that present and sudden alarm without the gate, and also some troops of small shot in ambuscado upon the highway side.
From Drake's Great Armada by Bigges, Walter
The dessicated remains of the few ambuscados that took refuge in the grub-box kept turning up in a variety of frys, stews, and fricassees for the next fortnight.
From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
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