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Daggers State Bitter Enmity Image Drawing Final Stage

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Description in a state of bitter enmity

The image here is of the drawing of daggers as the final stage in a confrontation before actual fighting breaks out. Although recorded in 1668, the expression only became common from the early19th century onwards. in a state of bitter enmity

The image here is of the drawing of daggers as the final stage in a confronta

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