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mailed fist definition

mailed fist

the use or threat of force, as between nations

Etymology: calque of Ger eiserne faust

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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