or chapparal. Sp. See quot. 1848.

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1846.  Mr. Brockenbrough of Florida feared that a Mexican chapparel might be quite as formidable a place of refuge for an enemy as a Florida swamp.—House of Representatives, May 13: Congressional Globe, p. 814.

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1846.  The brigade advanced across the plain, and took position in the chaparral.—Report of Lieut.-Col. Belknap to Gen. Taylor, May 15: id., p. 680 (Appendix).

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1848.  

        He talked about delishis froots, but then it wuz a whopper all,
The holl on’t’s mud an’ prickly pears, with here an’ there a chapparal.
Lowell, ‘Biglow Papers,’ 1st Series, No. 2.    

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1848.  Two lakes, each of which was bounded by chapparal, a thicket of cactus, meschete, and various spiny shrubs, peculiar to the country, and almost impenetrable.—‘Taylor and his Campaigns,’ p. 44 (Phila.).

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1848.  [We] stood with our fresh-primed pieces on the edge of the chaparral, ready to throw ourselves between her and her pursuers.—C. W. Webber, ‘Old Hicks the Guide,’ p. 143 (N.Y.).

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1850.  Bayard Taylor. (N.E.D.)

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1860.  [The bear] had not gone far, before it was heard to fall heavily in a thick chapparal.—Knick. Mag., lvi. 537 (Nov.).

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1888.  The chapparral bushes defeated us frequently by making such good hiding-places for the hare.—Mrs. Custer, ‘Tenting on the Plains,’ p. 204.

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