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TWTS: Petards are for hoisting, not stabbing

TWTS: Petards are for hoisting, not stabbing

Update: 2024-10-04
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We don't encounter petards very often anymore. That’s unless we’re being, metaphorically speaking, “hoisted with our own petard.”
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TWTS: Petards are for hoisting, not stabbing

TWTS: Petards are for hoisting, not stabbing

Rebecca Kruth, Anne Curzan