tools of ignorance
n.— «Ball players call a catcher’s paraphernalia “the tools of ignorance.”» —“The Sports X-Ray” by Bob Ray Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 1937. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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