QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
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WEATHER, n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned.
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PICTURE, n. A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three.
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