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The metaphorical meaning of the phrase dates from the early 19th century. It is a translation from the French de cape et d'épée and Spanish de capa y espada ("of cloak and sword"). These phrases referred to a genre of swashbuckler drama in which the main characters wore these items.
Because they keep a person hidden and conceal a weapon, the phrase cloak and dagger has come to refer to espionage [14] and secretive crimes: it suggests murder from hidden sources. "Cloak and dagger" stories are thus mystery, detective, and crime stories of this. The vigilante duo of Marvel comics Cloak and Dagger [15] is a reference to this.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
Leak gives glimpse into cloak-and-dagger world of ‘controlled’ drug deliveries Kevin Hall, Nathan Jaccard , Jacqueline Charles, Juanita Vélez December 14, 2023 at 10:45 AM
Marvel Graphic Novel: Cloak and Dagger - Predator and Prey, Strange Tales (vol. 2) #7, Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger #1-13, Cloak and Dagger (vol. 3) 14-19, and material from Strange Tales (vol. 2) #3-6 and 8-19 November 2021 978-1302930677: Cloak & Dagger: Shades of Gray: Cloak and Dagger: Marvel Digital Original - Shades of Gray #1-3
WASHINGTON − President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter Biden, who was convicted of federal gun charges and tax evasion, rocked the political world with Republican lawmakers and President ...
A Dictionary of Military Architecture: Fortification and Fieldworks from the Iron Age to the Eighteenth Century by Stephen Francis Wyley, drawings by Steven Lowe; Victorian Forts glossary Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. A more comprehensive version has been published as A Handbook of Military Terms by David Moore at the same site
Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images. Princess Anne secured the top spot, yet again, with 217 royal engagements and a 2.4% increase from 2023, according to the report.November was her busiest month ...