coup de maître

coup de maî·tre

[kooduh me-truh]
noun, plural coups de maî·tre [kooduh me-truh] . French.
a master stroke.
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Main Entry:  coup de maître
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a clever or well-timed action; masterstroke
Etymology:  French 'stroke of a master'
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Coup de maître is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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