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PENITENT, adj. Undergoing...

PENITENT, adj. Undergoing...

PENITENT, adj. Undergoing or awaiting punishment.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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POCKET, n. The...

POCKET, n. The...

POCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without...

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PRAY, v. To...

PRAY, v. To...

PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly...

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R.I.P. A careless...

R.I.P. A careless...

R.I.P. A careless abbreviation of requiescat in pace, attesting to indolent goodwill to the dead. According to the...

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RITUALISM, n. A...

RITUALISM, n. A...

RITUALISM, n. A Dutch Garden of God where He may walk in rectilinear freedom, keeping off the...

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GRAVE, n. A...

GRAVE, n. A...

GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student.

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HIPPOGRIFF, n. An...

HIPPOGRIFF, n. An...

HIPPOGRIFF, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was a compound creature,...

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HARANGUE, n. A...

HARANGUE, n. A...

HARANGUE, n. A speech by an opponent, who is known as an harrangue-outang.

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INTERPRETER, n. One...

INTERPRETER, n. One...

INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what...

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LECTURER, n. One...

LECTURER, n. One...

LECTURER, n. One with his hand in your pocket, his tongue in your ear and his faith in your...

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LIBERTY, n. One...

LIBERTY, n. One...

LIBERTY, n. One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

Source: The Devil's...

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LYRE, n. An...

LYRE, n. An...

LYRE, n. An ancient instrument of torture.

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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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LITIGANT, n. A...

LITIGANT, n. A...

LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.

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MEDAL, n. A...

MEDAL, n. A...

MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues, attainments or services more or less...

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NOMINEE, n. A...

NOMINEE, n. A...

NOMINEE, n. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking the honorable...

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MILLENNIUM, n. The...

MILLENNIUM, n. The...

MILLENNIUM, n. The period of a thousand years when the lid is to be screwed down, with all reformers on the under...

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OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible...

OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible...

OBSTINATE, adj. Inaccessible to the truth as it is manifest in the splendor and stress of our...

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ZOOLOGY, n. The...

ZOOLOGY, n. The...

ZOOLOGY, n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly (Musca maledicta). The...

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Smoking. . ....

Smoking. . . is a shocking thing, blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes and noses, and...

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