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Coup Manqué (A)

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“Shoot dead, or donʹt aim at all; but never make a coup manqué.”—Quida: Under Two Flags, chap. xx.

 

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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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Country-dance
Coup [coo]
Coup dEtat (French)
Coup de Grâce
Coup de Main (French)
Coup dŒil (French)
Coup de Pied de lAne (kick from the ass’s foot)
Coup de Soleil (French)
Coup de Théâtre
Coup Manqué (A)
Coupon
Courage of One’s Opinion
Courland Weather
Course
Course
Court
Court Circular
Court-cupboard
Court Fools
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