ALLEGIANCE, N. This Thing Allegiance, As I Suppose, Is A Ring Fitted In The Subject's Nose, Whereby That Organ Is Kept Rightly Pointed To Smell The Sweetness Of The Lord's Anointed.

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ALLEGIANCE, n.

This thing Allegiance, as I suppose,
Is a ring fitted in the subject's nose,
Whereby that organ is kept rightly pointed
To smell the sweetness of the Lord's anointed.
G.J.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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