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Metra
Qu'en dit Metra (Louis XVI.)? Metra was a noted news-vendor of
Paris before the Revolution- a notability with a cocked hat, who went
about with his hands folded behind his back.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Metra from Infoplease:
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