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Coup de Main (French)

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A sudden stroke; a stratagem whereby something is effected suddenly. Sometimes called a coup only, as “The coup [the scheme] did not answer.”

London is not to be taken by a coup de main.”—Public Opinion.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Counterpane
Counterscarp
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Coup de Grâce
Coup de Main (French)
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