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• Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Magpie: A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.
• MAGPIE: A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.
  -- A. Bierce...
• LONGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• TURKEY, n. A large bird whose flesh when eaten on certain religious anniversaries has the peculiar property of attesting piety and gratitude.
  Incidentally, it is pretty good eating. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PHOENIX, n. The classical prototype of the modern "small hot bird.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ARMOR, n. The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...