Both Uses
forlorn
in
The Railway Children
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- 'No,' said Peter, rather touched by this devotion; 'it's a forlorn hope, and I'm going to lead it.†
p. 36.2
- The girls followed him as gallant soldiers might follow the leader of a forlorn hope.
p. 149.7 *forlorn = doomed to fail (hopeless)
Definitions:
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(1)
(forlorn) sad, hopeless, pitiful and/or abandoned
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)