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Meanings of desperado in anglès
portuguès
bandido català
criminal desesperat Chess term; piece that is "en prise" or trapped, but captures an enemy piece before it is itself captured.
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Usage of desperado in anglès
1
But I was brave enough now; a very desperado in the daylight.
2
The full current of the river was between them and the desperado.
3
An armed desperado slapped my face in the presence of twenty spectators.
4
One eye still on the desperado, he searched for the steel handcuffs.
5
He is the desperado frantically clutching at an uncertain and impossible satisfaction.
6
What hardened ferocity in the countenance of the desperado in yellow breeches!
7
They're watching this house for a desperado who assaulted some one outside.
8
After a moment of sullen reflection the desperado said, Five hundred dollars!
9
Damn fool mechanic for desperado duties aiding and abetting Audubon Ballroom sociopaths-
10
My dear Lizzie, every desperado in the country takes refuge in the Rockies.
11
Then the posse vanished on the fresh trail of the desperado.
12
The desperado staggered to the sled and leaned against it faintly.
13
The other evidences that Charles was a desperado the writer described as follows:
14
The broken teeth of the desperado clicked as his jaw clamped.
15
Of course, I judged he wasn't an actual cowboy, but a desperado instead.
16
That desperado did not know anyone anywhere within a thousand miles.
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