Definitions
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- noun fencing The action of two
fencers coming into physical contact with one another with any portion of their bodies orhilts
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Examples
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The panic push drove Conan into a corps-a-corps with Gotarza.
Conan the Wanderer Howard, Robert E. 1974
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“I will meet him corps-a-corps — the tyrant of Europe shall suffer through his nephew, and I will shoot him as dead as
Burlesques 2006
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“I will meet him corps-a-corps — the tyrant of Europe shall suffer through his nephew, and I will shoot him as dead as
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The corps-a-corps hand will be invalid all night, that's why we didn't bother to list it, partner .. .. "
Little Myth Marker Asprin, Robert 1985
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"I will meet him corps-a-corps -- the tyrant of Europe shall suffer through his nephew, and
Burlesques William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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