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Definition of Riposts
1. ripost [v] - See also: ripost
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riposts
Literary usage of Riposts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1874)
"she riposts, certain now that there are no breakers ahead. " Know him ! I've
known him ever since I was a gurl. His grace and I used to ride together to ..."
2. The Contemporary Drama of Italy by Lander MacClintock (1920)
"... clever riposts of which some are funny, some vulgar, none dull. It is a display
of mental fireworks. A great French writer used to say he had to ..."
3. The Trial of Sir John Falstaff: Wherein the Fat Knight is Permitted to by Asa Maxon Fitz Randolph (1893)
"Against this attack, the Chief Justice, losing his temper, parries and riposts
with the home-thrust: " Now the Lord lighten thee! thou art a great fool. ..."
4. The Amateur of Fencing; Or, A Treatise on the Art of Sword Defence by Joseph Roland (1809)
"... to any other parade with proper quickness and firmness; and, admitting you do
effectually parry with the circle, your riposts (in consequence of the ..."
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