The Devil's Dictionary: Arsenic

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
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ARSENIC

-n.

A kind of cosmetic greatly affected by the ladies, whom it greatly affects in turn.

"Eat arsenic? Yes, all you get,"
Consenting, he did speak up;
"'Tis better you should eat it, pet,
Than put it in my teacup."

- Joel Huck

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