ambuscado
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of ambuscado
1585–95; pseudo-Spanish alteration of ambuscade
Example Sentences
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Chapter 4.XXXVI.—How the wild Chitterlings laid an ambuscado for Pantagruel.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
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
Oh, I am a pattern of strategy; this is but a simple ambuscado, a tame trap.
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
I also saw an infinite number of fish of all kinds, dancing, flying, vaulting, fighting, eating, breathing, billing, shoving, milting, spawning, hunting, fishing, skirmishing, lying in ambuscado, making truces, cheapening, bargaining, swearing, and sporting.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
June 10.—All this day ventured not abroad fearing an ambuscado.
From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Farnol, Jeffery
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