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• Bride, n.: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• bride, n: A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.
• PRUDE, n. A bawd hiding behind the back of her demeanor.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• INDISCRETION, n. The guilt of woman. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• GARTHER, n. An elastic band intended to keep a woman from coming out of her stockings and desolating the country.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Garter, n.: An elastic band intended to keep a woman from coming out of her stockings and desolating the country.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Happiness, n.: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...