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- 161. Ambrose Bierce: PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated b ...
- 162. Ambrose Bierce: PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool ...
- 163. Ambrose Bierce: PLEBEIAN, n. An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing bu ...
- 164. Ambrose Bierce: RABBLE, n. In a republic, those who exercise a supreme authority tempered by fra ...
- 165. Ambrose Bierce: RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, _Homo ventrambulans_.
- 166. Ambrose Bierce: REGALIA, n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and hono ...
- 167. Ambrose Bierce: RENOWN, n. A degree of distinction between notoriety and fame -- a little more s ...
- 168. Ambrose Bierce: RETRIBUTION, n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and ...
- 169. Ambrose Bierce: RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.
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- 170. Ambrose Bierce: SANDLOTTER, n. A vertebrate mammal holding the political views of Denis Kearney, ...
- 171. Ambrose Bierce: SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and folli ...
- 172. Ambrose Bierce: SEVERALTY, n. Separateness, as, lands in severalty, i.e., lands held individuall ...
- 173. Ambrose Bierce: SOPHISTRY, n. The controversial method of an opponent, distinguished from one's ...
- 174. Ambrose Bierce: STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following ...
- 175. Ambrose Bierce: TAIL, n. The part of an animal's spine that has transcended its natural limitati ...
- 176. Ambrose Bierce: TOPE, v. To tipple, booze, swill, soak, guzzle, lush, bib, or swig. In the indiv ...
- 177. Ambrose Bierce: TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the followin ...
- 178. Ambrose Bierce: TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.
- 179. Ambrose Bierce: UNCTION, n. An oiling, or greasing. The rite of extreme unction consists in touc ...
- 180. Ambrose Bierce: ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous i ...
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