HABEAS CORPUS. A writ by which a man may be taken out of jail when confined for the wrong crime.
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RESPECTABILITY, n. The offspring of a 'liaison' between a bald head and a bank account.
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EFFECT, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the other which is no more sensible than it would be ... to declare the rabbit the cause of a dog who pursues it.
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BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age, sex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it excites in others, itself without sentiment or emotion.
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RIBROASTER, n. Censorious language by oneself concerning another.
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POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.
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