Smallpox-blanket Definition

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(colloquial, idiomatic) An apparently benevolent offering whose real intent is to disrupt, destabilize or weaken.

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Origin of Smallpox-blanket

  • Blankets infected with smallpox were used against Native Americans at the Siege of Fort Pitt.

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