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Avoir Martel en tête (French). To be distracted. Martel is a hammer, hence distraction, torment, torture. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AvoirdupoisAvoid…
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(Anglo-Saxon, hamer.) (1) Pierre d'Ailly, Le Marteau des Hérétiques, president of the council that condemned John Huss. (1350-1425.) (2) Judas Asmonæus, surnamed Maccabæus, “the hammer…
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