PHYSICIAN, n. One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.
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CLARIONET, n. An instrument of torture operated by a person with cotton in his ears. There are two instruments that are worse than a clarionet two clarionets.Ambrose Bierce
BOUNTY, n. The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can.
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FOREFINGER, n. The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.
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PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.
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OUTCOME, n. A particular type of disappointment .... judged by the outcome, the result. This is immortal nonsense the wisdom of an act is to be juded by the light that the doer had when he performed it.
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INFIDEL, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion in Constantinople, one who does.
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