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• ADAMANT, n. A mineral frequently found beneath a corset.
  Soluble in solicitate of gold. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• COURT FOOL, n. The plaintiff. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• APRIL FOOL, n. The March fool with another month added to his folly.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp.
  It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with....
• DESTINY, n. A tyrant's authority for crime and fool's excuse for failure.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• RASCAL, n. A fool considered under another aspect. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• VOTE, n. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
  -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
• IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary
• TRUCE, n. Friendship. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary