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ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
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Petarded

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  • 13PacesEast13PacesEast Posts: 712 ✭
    legs
    know what you don't know.

    hi, i'm tom.

    i do not doctor coins like some who post in here.

  • Gator5220Gator5220 Posts: 1,194
    In under the wire.
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  • DeanHDeanH Posts: 31
    What is the definition of this word?

    -Dean
  • WhizzardWhizzard Posts: 955
    OpenForumWhiners
    What do you think, Mr. Bigglesworth?
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  • SportsModerator2SportsModerator2 Posts: 1,736 mod
    ER,

    You've got me stumped. What's the numismatic meaning?

    Carol
  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭


    << <i>ER,

    You've got me stumped. What's the numismatic meaning?

    Carol >>




    From Webster's:


    petard
    One entry found for petard.
    Main Entry: pe·tard
    Pronunciation: p&-'tär(d)
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Middle French, from peter to break wind, from pet expulsion of intestinal gas, from Latin peditum, from neuter of peditus, past participle of pedere to break wind; akin to Greek bdein to break wind
    1 : a case containing an explosive to break down a door or gate or breach a wall
    2 : a firework that explodes with a loud report
    Bill

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    09/07/2006
  • Gator5220Gator5220 Posts: 1,194
    I guess it somehow relates to exploding coins.
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  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭


    << <i>ER,

    You've got me stumped. What's the numismatic meaning?

    Carol >>


    It's a numismatic creature who is also a wannabe forum cop.
  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭
    Threads like this annoy me. I'm trying to post some light hearted and fun numismatic related threads so lighten up the mood around here a bit but then this stuff comes along, the whip starts to crack, and even my numismatic toned 'for fun' threads get deleted as a result.

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    Mr. Thigpen

    Self Indulgence | Holey Coins | Flickr Photostream
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    A term yet to make it into the PCGS dictionary....
  • LouisLouis Posts: 3,687


    << <i>Threads like this annoy me. I'm trying to post some light hearted and fun numismatic related threads so lighten up the mood around here a bit but then this stuff comes along, the whip starts to crack, and even my numismatic toned 'for fun' threads get deleted as a result.

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  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Threads like this annoy me. I'm trying to post some light hearted and fun numismatic related threads so lighten up the mood around here a bit but then this stuff comes along, the whip starts to crack, and even my numismatic toned 'for fun' threads get deleted as a result.

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    Mr. Thigpen

    Self Indulgence | Holey Coins | Flickr Photostream
  • SportsModerator2SportsModerator2 Posts: 1,736 mod


    << <i>

    << <i>ER,

    You've got me stumped. What's the numismatic meaning?

    Carol >>


    It's a numismatic creature who is also a wannabe forum cop. >>



    So I thought.

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