WORMS'-MEAT, n. The finished product of which we are the raw material.
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CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says 'The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses.'Ambrose Bierce
REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.
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Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.
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ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.
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WITCH, n. (1) Any ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful and attractive young woman, in wickedness a league beyond the devil.
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END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor.
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