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sticks and stones

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Phrase

  1. Ellipsis of sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Noun

  1. any obsolete technology (usually of military and law enforcement purposes) when used in comparison to state of the art technology used by the antagonists or competitors.

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