MIRACLE, N. An Act Or Event Out Of The Order Of Nature And Unaccountable, As Beating A Normal Hand Of Four Kings And An Ace With Four Aces And A King.

MIRACLE, N. An Act Or Event Out Of The Order Of Nature And Unaccountable, As Beating A Normal Hand Of Four Kings And An Ace With Four Aces And A King.

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MIRACLE, n. An act or event out of the order of nature and
unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with
four aces and a king.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
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ACCORD, n. Harmony. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
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Hand, n.: A singular instrument worn at the end of a human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...