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FORLORN HOPE

\fˈɔːlɔːn hˈə͡ʊp], \fˈɔːlɔːn hˈə‍ʊp], \f_ˈɔː_l_ɔː_n h_ˈəʊ_p]\

Definitions of FORLORN HOPE

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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A hopeless undertaking; body of soldiers employed in service of especial peril.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A military detachment detailed for a desperate enterprise; also, such an enterprise.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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