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- proper noun A valiant, futile frontal assault.
- proper noun A big battle.
- proper noun A bad decision.
Etymologies
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A reference to an event during the American Civil War, wherein sixteen thousand Confederate infantrymen attacked Union positions; the attack failed, with several thousand Confederate casualties.
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