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cloak-and-sword

[ klohk-uhn-sawrd ]

adjective

  1. (of a drama or work of fiction) dealing with characters who wear cloaks and swords; concerned with the customs and romance of the nobility in bygone times.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cloak-and-sword1

First recorded in 1800–10

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