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Pipe Organ Baffles
The phrase bearing the hatchet comes from the Iroquois tradition where they would literally bury your weapons as a sign of peace. Another of similar origin is arm to the teeth where someone would have multiple firearms on their person and then have a blade in their mouth. Pulling out all the stops refers to when you're playing with your pipe organ. How anyone can enjoy the pipe organ baffles.
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