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The Devil's Dictionary: Coward
by Ambrose Bierce COURT FOOLCRAYFISHCOWARD -n. One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.The Devil's Dictionary: Cremona
by Ambrose Bierce CREDITORCRITICCREMONA -n. A high-priced violin made in Connecticut.The Devil's Dictionary: Cui Bono?
by Ambrose Bierce CROSSCUNNINGCUI BONO? -[Latin] What good would that do me?The Devil's Dictionary: Cynic
by Ambrose Bierce CURSECYNIC -n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to…The Devil's Dictionary: Cannon
by Ambrose Bierce CANNIBALCANONICALSCANNON -n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.The Devil's Dictionary: Canonicals
by Ambrose Bierce CANNONCAPITALCANONICALS -n. The motley worm by Jesters of the Court of Heaven.The Devil's Dictionary: Defame
by Ambrose Bierce DECIDEDEFENCELESSDEFAME -v.t. To lie about another. To tell the truth about another.The Devil's Dictionary: Delegation
by Ambrose Bierce DEJEUNERDELIBERATIONDELEGATION -n. In American politics, an article of merchandise that comes in sets.The Devil's Dictionary: Destiny
by Ambrose Bierce DEPUTYDIAGNOSISDESTINY -n. A tyrant's authority for crime and fool's excuse for failure.The Devil's Dictionary: Diagnosis
by Ambrose Bierce DESTINYDIAPHRAGMDIAGNOSIS -n. A physician's forecast of the disease by the patient's pulse and purse.Trending
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