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CAABA, N. A Large Stone Presented By The Archangel Gabriel To The Patriarch Abraham, And Preserved At Mecca.
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CAABA, n. A large stone presented by the archangel Gabriel to the
patriarch Abraham, and preserved at Mecca. The patriarch had perhaps
asked the archangel for bread.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
McCoy: "Behold! I am the Archangel Garbriel!" -- "Bread and Circuses", Stardate 4041.2.
MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Cabbage, n.: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
