Barn-burners.
Destructives, who, like the Dutchman of story, would burn down their barns to rid themselves of the rats.
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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.
Destructives, who, like the Dutchman of story, would burn down their barns to rid themselves of the rats.
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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.