Aristocrats n. fellows that wear downy hats and clean shirts guilty of education and suspected of bank accounts.
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PLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.Ambrose Bierce
GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.
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PLAN, v.t. To bother about the best method of accomplishing an accidental result.
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Bride: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
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CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.
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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.
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