The Devil's Dictionary: Australia

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
AUCTIONEER
AVERNUS

AUSTRALIA

-n.

A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.

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