/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · 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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