Citations:reredemain

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English citations of reredemain

A backward stroke
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  • 1965, Martín del Barco Centenera, The Argentine and the Conquest of the River Plate, page 168:
    he that day Did execution on the heathen foe, Worthy of fame, for with one dexterous slash He twains Carrillo, then a reredemain Lops off an arm of Roco, Indian fierce and brave.