Parthian shot
Example Sentences
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It’s his last one, his peace-out, his Parthian shot, his doch-an-dorrach.
From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2016
It’s his last one, his peace-out, his Parthian shot, his doch-an-dorrach.
From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2016
As he left, he fired a Parthian shot: The A.A.R. "has encouraged . . . noncompetitive practices," thus also encouraged Federal antitrust action.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is no answer to the old man's Parthian shot: "If you live."
From Time Magazine Archive
With this Parthian shot my brother left me to some sorry reflections.
From Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch by Vachell, Horace Annesley
