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 ::—''Hamlet'', III, iv }}
-{{dpn|/pɛˈtɑːd/|n|}}''From French'': a small bomb comprising a box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall. A squib; a firecracker. If it goes off it will frighten the bejesus out of the financial analyst community and may cause a bank run.
+{{dpn|/pɛˈtɑːd/|n|}}A small bomb, comprising a box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall.
-Hence, ''to be hoist by one’s own ~'': to blow oneself up. Something that financial institutions are periodically prone. Note, to hoist here means to be thrown into the air, rather than raised by some kind of winch.
+A squib; a firecracker.
+Hence, ''to be hoist''<ref>Note: “hoist” here means to be thrown into the air, rather than raised by some kind of winch.</ref> ''by one’s own ~'': to blow oneself up. Something that financial institutions are periodically prone: if a little bomb goes off on your balance-sheeet will frighten the bejesus out of the financial analyst community and may cause a bank run.
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 *[[Lucky]]
 *The first rule of [[Systemic Solvency Club]]
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