ROBBER, N. A Candid Man Of Affairs. It Is Related Of Voltaire That One Night He And Some Traveling Companion Lodged At A Wayside Inn.

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ROBBER, n. A candid man of affairs.
It is related of Voltaire that one night he and some traveling
companion lodged at a wayside inn. The surroundings were suggestive,
and after supper they agreed to tell robber stories in turn. "Once
there was a Farmer-General of the Revenues." Saying nothing more, he
was encouraged to continue. "That," he said, "is the story."
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"

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