YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language -- a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it. - Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce: "YOKE, n. An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, _jugum_, we owe one of the most illuminating words in our language -- a word that defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy. A thousand apologies for withholding it."

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Apologies	Defines	Illuminating	Implement
Jugum	Language	Latin	Madam
Matrimonial	Most	Name	Poignancy
Point	Precision	Situation	Thousand
Whose	Withholding	Word	Words
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