coup de mâitre

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But what happened last week in Bangkok was not a coup d'�tat, nor even a coup de main, coup de Jarnac, coup de gr�ce, coup de maitre, coup de pied or a coup d'oeil.

From Time Magazine Archive

For months he regarded this speech as a coup de maitre, while Roswell Gardiner forgot it in half an hour; so much better than the uncle did the lover comprehend the character of the niece.

From The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers by Cooper, James Fenimore

"I was thinking what a fine coup de maitre it would be for his Highness to gather in all these pretty slips of parchment given under the hand of Leopold."

From The Puppet Crown by MacGrath, Harold

This was a coup de maitre on the part of the bee-hunter.

From Oak Openings by Cooper, James Fenimore