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• TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working me
  widows of small means, orphans in the care of guardians and the courts, with many similar malefactors and public enemies....
• PASSPORT, n. A document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad, exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Hand, n.: A singular instrument worn at the end of a human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• Male, n. A member of the unconsidered, or negligible sex.
  The male of the human race is commonly known (to the female) as Mere Man....
• Calamity, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering.
  Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others....
• ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary