Le mot de Cambronne...
Fr - When General Cambronne was asked to surrender at Waterloo, he is reported to have said Merde!-a mildly indecent expletive. His response was altered by popular accounts to read, La garde meurt ... (q. v.)
Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations, © Kevin Guinagh 1983
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