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FORCE, n. Force...

FORCE, n. Force...

FORCE, n. Force is but might, the teacher said p
That definition's just.
The boy said naught but throught...

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GHOST, n. The...

GHOST, n. The...

GHOST, n. The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.

Source: The Devil's...

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HISTORIAN, n. A...

HISTORIAN, n. A...

HISTORIAN, n. A broad-gauge gossip.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary, 1911.
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IDIOT, n. A...

IDIOT, n. A...

IDIOT, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and...

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IMPENITENCE, n. A...

IMPENITENCE, n. A...

IMPENITENCE, n. A state of mind intermediate in point of time between sin and punishment.

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INADMISSIBLE, adj. Not...

INADMISSIBLE, adj. Not...

INADMISSIBLE, adj. Not competent to be considered. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible . . . but there is no religion in...

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INTENTION, n. The...

INTENTION, n. The...

INTENTION, n. The mind's sense of the prevalence of one set of influences over another set; an effect whose cause is...

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INVENTOR, n. A...

INVENTOR, n. A...

INVENTOR, n. A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers, and springs, and believes it...

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INJURY, n. An...

INJURY, n. An...

INJURY, n. An offense next in degree of enormity to a slight.

Source: The Devil's...

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INCOME, n. The...

INCOME, n. The...

INCOME, n. The natural and rational gauge and measure of respectability . . .

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INTRODUCTION, n. A...

INTRODUCTION, n. A...

INTRODUCTION, n. A social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his...

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JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...

JOSS-STICKS, n. Small...

JOSS-STICKS, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of...

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LAWSUIT, n. A...

LAWSUIT, n. A...

LAWSUIT, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out as a sausage.

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LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The...

LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The...

LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment.

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LEAD, n. A...

LEAD, n. A...

LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers -- particularly to those who love not...

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LICKSPITTLE, n. A...

LICKSPITTLE, n. A...

LICKSPITTLE, n. A useful functionary, not infrequently found editing a newspaper . . . the lickspittle is only the...

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MIRACLE, n. An...

MIRACLE, n. An...

MIRACLE, n. An act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and...

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MOLECULE, n. The...

MOLECULE, n. The...

MOLECULE, n. The ultimate, indivisible unit of matter. It is distinguished from the corpuscle, also the ultimate,...

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MERCHANT, n. One...

MERCHANT, n. One...

MERCHANT, n. One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a...

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MINISTER, n. An...

MINISTER, n. An...

MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign...

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