What does bombard phrase mean?

bombard phrase

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

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noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

". . . Their bombard-phrase, and foot and half-foot words . . ."
"To the inveterate Hugolater it is probable that his estimate of the author of Les Miserables as a dramatist will seem inadequate; but it is noteworthy that the poverty of Hugo's personages as actual characters, despite their "bombard phrase," receives striking confirmation from one of the greatest of modern French actors."

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