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Escapade
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example Sentences
- But my latest escapade overseas really took the prize.
- As the relationships progress, the robbery changes from a comedy of errors into a fatal escapade.
- Then come the hilarious incidents concerned with the hull ring escapade.
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Word Origin & History
escapade
1653, from Fr. "a prank or trick," from Sp. escapada "a prank, flight, an escape," from escapar "to escape," from V.L. *excappare (see escape). Figurative sense (1814) is of "breaking loose" from rules or restraints on behavior.
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