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Sabrage

19th Century

Sabrage, or how to show off at parties

31st August 2022 Going Postal 0

You have all seen old Hollywood movies showing Napoleonic cavalry officers celebrating by cutting the tops off of champagne bottles. The name for this is sabrage. As with most things in movies there is some [more…]

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