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Parthian shot
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Parthian shot
–noun
a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
[Origin: 1900–05; so called from the ancient Parthian cavalry's habit of shooting arrows rearward at the enemy while in real or feigned flight]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
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