MAILED FIST

PRONUNCIATION: (MAYLD fist)

MEANING: noun: A threat or show of force to maintain control.

ETYMOLOGY: Translation of German gepanzerte Faust (mailed fist), from Panzer (armor) + Faust (fist). The word mail here is an armor made of interlinked rings, as in chain mail, from Old French maile (loop). Earliest documented use: 1897.]
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MAILED FISH - starts to smell after three days...

MA, I LED LIST - Look, Mother, I was the first one mentioned!

MAULED FIST - my third metatarsal bone is broken