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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“But beware, when your shield is reduced to zero you are dead meet, and the duel is lost. ”
http://www.java-gaming.com/arcade/airwo … olf.swf?yr“Jon is reported to have said “You are dead meet sucker – I will not give you another chance”. Martin replied “We’ll see”. ”
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/assassins/arch … 93inq.htmlI can easily see how these errors occur. One may think that if X event happens, you will MEET your death, and that this phrase arose from a reworking of that concept.
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