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- 141. Ambrose Bierce: HEAD-MONEY, n. A capitation tax, or poll-tax.
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- 142. Ambrose Bierce: HEART, n. An automatic, muscular blood-pump. Figuratively, this useful organ is ...
- 143. Ambrose Bierce: HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are bro ...
- 144. Ambrose Bierce: INADMISSIBLE, adj. Not competent to be considered. Said of certain kinds of test ...
- 145. Ambrose Bierce: INAUSPICIOUSLY, adv. In an unpromising manner, the auspices being unfavorable. A ...
- 146. Ambrose Bierce: KEEP, v.t.
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- 147. Ambrose Bierce: LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper ...
- 148. Ambrose Bierce: LORE, n. Learning -- particularly that sort which is not derived from a regular ...
- 149. Ambrose Bierce: LOW-BRED, adj. "Raised" instead of brought up.
- 150. Ambrose Bierce: OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critic ...
- 151. Ambrose Bierce: PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists ...
- 152. Ambrose Bierce: PILGRIM, n. A traveler that is taken seriously. A Pilgrim Father was one who, le ...
- 153. Ambrose Bierce: PORTABLE, adj. Exposed to a mutable ownership through vicissitudes of possession ...
- 154. Ambrose Bierce: QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through w ...
- 155. Ambrose Bierce: REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through the ...
- 156. Ambrose Bierce: RELIQUARY, n. A receptacle for such sacred objects as pieces of the true cross, ...
- 157. Ambrose Bierce: RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable ...
- 158. Ambrose Bierce: RIGHTEOUSNESS, n. A sturdy virtue that was once found among the Pantidoodles inh ...
- 159. Ambrose Bierce: SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus.
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- 160. Ambrose Bierce: SCIMETAR, n. A curved sword of exceeding keenness, in the conduct of which certa ...
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