forlorn hope

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forlorn hope

epätoivoinen yritys, yritys, hanke.

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forlorn hope englanniksi

1. puhekieltä A small troop picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack; a storming party.

2. 1880, Isaac Newton Arnold, Life of Benedict Arnold, p. 82:

Arnold, therefore, as usual with him, led the forlorn hope, marching about one hundred yards before the main body.

3. 1885, George Bruce Malleson, The Decisive Battles of India, p. 323:

Lieutenant Templeton of the 76th offered to lead the forlorn hope.

4. Any dangerous or hopeless venture.

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