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COUPE-GORGE

Definition: COUPE-GORGE

COUPE-GORGE

Noun

1. Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "COUPE-GORGE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)


Anagrams: COUPE-GORGE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-g-g-o-o-p-r-u"

-3 letters: puggree, recoupe.

-4 letters: cooper, croupe, eggcup, gouger, pugree, recoup.

-5 letters: cooee, cooer, coper, coupe, creep, crepe, croup, egger, erugo, gorge, gouge, grego, grope, group, gurge, puree, purge, repeg, rogue, rouge, rupee.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: COUPE-GORGE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 55 50 45 2D 47 4F 52 47 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01010101 01010000 01000101 00101101 01000111 01001111 01010010 01000111 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#85 &#80 &#69 &#45 &#71 &#79 &#82 &#71 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 0055 0050 0045 002D 0047 004F 0052 0047 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3749555039154149524139

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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