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| ACCORDION, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin. |
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ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.
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| ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him. |
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| ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville. |
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| ACHIEVEMENT, n. The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust. |
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| ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgement of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth. |
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| Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous. |
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| ACQUAINTANCE, n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous. |
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| Acquaintance: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to |
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| ADAMANT, n. A mineral frequently found beneath a corset. Soluble in solicitate of gold. |
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| ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living. |
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| ADHERENT, n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get. |
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| ADMINISTRATION, n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting. |
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| ADMIRAL, n. That part of a war-ship which does the talking while the figure-head does the thinking. |
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| Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking. |
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| Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. |
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