ABATIS, N. Rubbish In Front Of A Fort, To Prevent The Rubbish Outside From Molesting The Rubbish Inside.

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ABATIS, n. Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside
from molesting the rubbish inside.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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