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noun 
  1. (military) A small troop picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack; a storming party.
  2. Any dangerous or hopeless venture.
Etymology: Part translation of Dutch verloren hoopDutch, hoop "lost troop" (compare English forlese, heap).

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