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Home thrust

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a well directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal attack.

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This insinuation was a home thrust, and one that in a more advanced state of society would have entitled Magua to the reputation of a skillful diplomatist.
The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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