The Only Use of "desperado" in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

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The Only Use

desperado
in
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(Edited)

At last she come and begun to ask me questions, but I COULDN'T answer them straight, I didn't know which end of me was up; because these men was in such a fidget now that some was wanting to start right NOW and lay for them desperadoes, and saying it warn't but a few minutes to midnight; and others was trying to get them to hold on and wait for the sheep-signal; and here was Aunty pegging away at the questions, and me a-shaking all over and ready to sink down in my tracks I was that…
Chpt 40

desperadoes = bold outlaws

unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use desperados.

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(1) (desperado)
a bold outlaw -- especially from the American old west
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)