All I Want for Christmas Contest 2023!

Bleu Raeder said

1000 points to Slytherin for the use of the word, "petard". But ded.

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The original meaning of the phrase comes from mining of castle walls using a bomb called a petard. If the fuse was set too short, the resulting explosion would blow the sappers out of the tunnel. Hence, “hoist by his own petard”