Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/24

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Subject: [Leica] The Golem Among Us
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Mon May 24 19:15:52 2004
References: <001501c441f7$abcf65c0$121afea9@Hausner>

A petard is a bomb. To hoist means lifting into the air.
"Hoisted with his own petard" means "blown up by a bomb that he planted".

It's referenced in Hamlet.


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