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• MISS, n. The title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.
  Miss, Missis (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense....
• SYLLOGISM, n. A logical formula consisting of a major and a minor assumption and an inconsequent.
  (See LOGIC.) -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• FOREFINGER, n. The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics.
  The other is Pull. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Peace, n.: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• MULATTO, n. A child of two races, ashamed of both. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• JUSTICE, n. A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...