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swashbuckling

[swosh-buhk-ling, swawsh-] / ˈswɒʃˌbʌk lɪŋ, ˈswɔʃ- /




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Film director Quentin Tarantino is coming to London's West End to stage a "swashbuckling comedy" play set in 1830s Europe.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The actor recently reprised his iconic role as a swashbuckling archaeologist in the 2023 sequel “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

In reply, India lost swashbuckling opener Abhishek Sharma on the first ball with Matt Henry drawing a top edge to third man.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

He also contributed swashbuckling rhythm guitar informed by his love of jazz pianists and unorthodox time signatures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

He was handsome and unattractive, a swashbuckling, beefy, conceited man who was putting on fat and was tormented chronically by prolonged seizures of apprehension.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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