The Devil's Dictionary: Picture

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
PICKANINNY
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PICTURE

-n.

A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three.

"Behold great Daubert's picture here on view —
Taken from Life." If that description's true,
Grant, heavenly Powers, that I be taken, too.

- Jali Hane

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