All 4 Uses
mishap
in
The Rainbow Trail
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- Thus many mishaps were Shefford's fortune.†
Chpt 9 *mishaps = unfortunate accidents
- But they crossed the great broken bench of upland without mishap, and came out upon a promontory of a plateau from which Shefford saw a wide valley and the dark-green alfalfa fields of Stonebridge.†
Chpt 10mishap = unfortunate accident
- It was necessary for the Indian to go up and drop the rope, which was looped around her, and then, with him pulling from above and Shefford assisting Jane as she climbed, she was finally gotten up without mishap.†
Chpt 16
- Shefford began to keep a sharp lookout behind and above, and did not see how the three fared on the slope, but evidently there was no mishap.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(mishap) an unfortunate accident -- usually minor
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)