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Originally Posted by Danzig188
petard--a metal cone filled with explosives, fastened in ancient warfare to gates and walls and exploded to force an opening.
hoist with your own petard--from hamlet--destroyed by the very devices with which one meant to destroy others.
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Thanks, Danzig! Doesn't the word petard sound like something a Renaissance guy would wear as part of his frou-frou outfit, though?
"Prithee, do not kick me there; thou shalt sully my petard."