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The Devil's Dictionary: Queen

by Ambrose Bierce QUILLQUEEN -n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

The Devil's Dictionary: Caaba

by Ambrose Bierce CABBAGECAABA -n. A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps asked the archangel for…