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mailed' fist'




1. superior force, esp. military force, when presented as a threat: The country showed its mailed fist in negotiations.
2. brutal or naked power, esp. coercive force: the mailed fist hidden in the velvet glove.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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