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Brewer's: Coup de Main
(French). 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.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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