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I'm guessing it's a reference to two of the conspirators (Dijkstra and van Wijngaarden) being Dutch.
by bunderbunder 11y ago
I'm guessing it's a reference to two of the conspirators (Dijkstra and van Wijngaarden) being Dutch.
- c3534l 11y agoThat doesn't answer whether or not "Amersterdam plot" was an existing idiom. I've never heard of it personally.
- bunderbunder 11y agoAh, gotcha. No, the use of a direct quotation implies that it's not a common idiom - if it were then that wouldn't be necessary.