ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs.
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MISS, n. The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Let us be consistent and also give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to Mh.
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CONVERSATION, n. A fair to the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.
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DEGRADATION, n. One of the stages of moral and social progress from private station to political preferment.
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