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Delope (French for "throwing away") is the
practice of
deliberately wasting one's
first shot in a
pistol duel, an
attempt to
abort the conflict. The Irish...
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wrote that
Alexander Hamilton counseled his son,
telling him to
engage in a
delope,
throwing away his
first shot. The duel took
place in
Paulus Hook, New Jersey...
- in
nothing more than four
missed shots, and
Hamilton advised his son to
delope (throw away his shot). However, both
Philip and
Eacker stood shotless for...
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differ as to
whether he
missed on purpose, an act
known in
duelling as a
delope.
Wellington claimed he did. However, he was
noted for his poor aim and reports...
- duel,
without loss of
either life or honor. However,
doing so,
known as
deloping,
could imply that one's
opponent was not
worth shooting. This practice...
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Agreeing to a
signal was helpful. The
Irish code
banned the
custom of
deloping or
deliberately discharging one's
firearm into the
ground (usually, well...
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North Rhine-Westphalia. Like in
other towns, some
great retail areas have
deloped apart from the
centre in the
outer parts of the town. A very
special problem...
- 1840, at
Point Pleasant. When
Haliburton missed with his shot, Howe "
deloped"
deliberately missing by
firing his gun in the air. (The last
lethal duel...
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blanks in his gun, but
rather than
attempt to kill his opponent,
instead delopes and
accidentally shoots the top off a
bottle thirty yards away, an action...
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opponent a
blank load in his gun. He does not kill his
opponent but
instead delopes and
accidentally shoots the top off a
bottle thirty yards away, an action...
