A bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)
Chess term; piece that is "en prise" or trapped, but captures an enemy piece before it is itself captured.
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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