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home thrust en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A well-directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part.
2. (figuratively) A personal attack.
   • “I make it a point of honour not to lose a man for King George (God bless him!) and the gallows.” The rogues looked at each other but swallowed the home-thrust in silence. 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:

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