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cloak-and-sword

[ klohk-uhn-sawrd ]
/ ˈkloʊk ənˈsɔrd /

adjective

(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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Origin of cloak-and-sword

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby cloak-and-sword

cloacal plate, cloacitis, cloak, cloak-and-dagger, cloak-and-suiter, cloak-and-sword, cloak fern, cloakroom, cloam, clobber, clobbering machine
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