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To: Texas Eagle

A petard is a small bomb typically used to breach a door.


35 posted on 01/09/2021 1:09:15 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Donald J. Trump is the rightful President of the USA and his own party won't admit that.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Oh. Thanks. I must be thinking of a different word.


36 posted on 01/09/2021 1:11:17 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, demonicRATS would have no standards at all.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

I looked it up once, longago, and got the wrong result as far as I can see.

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/hoist-by-your-own-petard.html


79 posted on 01/09/2021 3:52:31 PM PST by Kevmo (I'm in a slow motion Red Dawn reality TV show. The tree of liberty is thirsty.)
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