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O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Romeo and Juliet -- Act ii, Sc.
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Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- The Progress of Poesy, III, 1, Line 12...
orphaned i-node: /or'f*nd i:'nohd/ [UNIX] n. 1. [techspeak] A file that retains storage but no longer appears in the directories of a filesystem.
2. By extension, a pejorative for any perso...
ORPHAN, n. A living person whom death has deprived of the power of filial ingratitude -- a privation appealing with a particular eloquence to all that is sympathetic in human nature.
When young the ...
orphan: [UNIX] n. A process whose parent has died; one inherited by `init(1)'.
Compare {zombie}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain-tops that freeze, Bow themselves when he did sing.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Henry VIII -- Act iii, Sc. 1...
Or savage beasts upon a thousand hils.
-- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Third Day...
Or that you might think it was a line. "Maybe I do think it's a line.
Then you think I'm not sincere. "I didn't say that....
Orthodontists do it with braces.
Orthodox medicine has not found an answer to your complaint.
However, luckily for you, I happen to be a quack. -- Richter cartoon captio...

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