escapade

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The only person who knew of her escapade was the coachman, an old family servant of the Comte, as discreet as death How long have these attacks been going on?"

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  1. noun An adventurous, unconventional act or undertaking.

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  • General Bourcier, who was also there, having brought up the subject of what he called my escapade, M. Blancheville explained the reasons for my unseemly laughter, an explanation which gave rise to much amusement. —  The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot
  • Quantum of Solace gets going mere seconds after the events of Daniel Craig's last Bond escapade, and roams at whim between the storylines of both films. —  Kikizo.com Video Games Website XML Feed
  • One of the scariest things about this whole escapade is the fact that the Israeli's went and deported Professor Falk when he first arrived in Israel a couple of months back. —  Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52
  • The only person who knew of her escapade was the coachman, an old family servant of the Comte, as discreet as death How long have these attacks been going on?" —  The Belovéd Vagabond
  • They were all smiling at the escapade--Beryl's escapade, that is--and I don't think they realized just at first who I was, or that I was in any sense a menace to their peace of mind When we came opposite and showed no disposition to stop, or even to slow up, I saw the smiles freeze to amazement, and then--but I hadn't the time to look. —  The Range Dwellers
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  1. French, a trick, an escape, from Old French, from Old Spanish escapada (from escapar, to escape) or from Old Italian scappata (from scappare, to escape), both from Vulgar Latin *excappāre, to escape; see escape.

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  1. from Old French and F. escapade, a prank, trick, frolic, fling of a horse, orig. an escape, from Italian scappata (= Spanish Portuguese escapada), escape, flight, prank, from scappare, escape: see escape.
 

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