Author: Sara Whitford
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- IN: The Smuggler's Gambit (2015) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, American
EPIGRAPH: gam-bit noun \'gam-bet\
- a planned series of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
- something done or said in order to gain an advantage or to produce a desired result
Full Definition og GAMBIT
1. a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position
2. a. a remark intended to start a conversation or make a telling point
b. a calculated move
FROM: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, (1828), Definition, NULL