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duello
/ djuːˈɛləʊ /
noun
- the art of duelling
- the code of rules for duelling
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Word History and Origins
Origin of duello1
C16: from Italian; see duel
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Example Sentences
I drew myself up before him, and I bowed as I have done in the duello.
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The antagonists in the strange duello sat back to back, astraddle a seat.
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So much for the code duello, so much for false pride and extreme ideas of what should touch one's honor.
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He was not a woodsman, and they expected from him something different from the usual duello of the woods.
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In the army the Italian still fights his duello, but these affairs never get into the newspapers, as in France.
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