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forlorn' hope'




1. a perilous or desperate enterprise.
2. a vain hope.
3. Obs.a group of soldiers assigned to perform some unusually dangerous service.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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