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Masterstroke
- Making of America Project (1829) The North American review: “Mr Ouvrard may he excused for being a little vain of that coup de maitre of a victualler, in which capacity he continued acting during the whole war, and always with equal success.”
- unknown (1899) The Bookman: a literary journal, Volume.: “The Academicians thought they had made a coup-de-maitre; they were [no.] undeceived until they began to read the press comments about their action.”
- Business & Economics (1910) Fortnightly review, Volume 94: “But having despatched this coup-de-maitre , he was in no haste to quit Paris, nor did he in the least change his way of life there.”
- Roland John Wiley (1997) The life and ballets of Lev Ivanov: choreographer of The nutcracker and Swan: “The ballet is produced by L. Ivanov, hut Mr Petipa gives the final coup de maitre.”
Surgical manoeuvre
- Auguste Broca (1917) Ligations and amputations: “It can only be divided from below upwards, the dorsal joint being too closely in contact to allow the blade to pass from above downwards. The division is carried out by what is known as the coup de maitre […]”
- Sir Frederick Treves (1892) A manual of operative surgery, Volume 1: “By this manoeuvre (the coup de maitre) the strong ligament of Lisfranc (page 420) is severed.”