n. In military affairs, a bustling officer of inferior rank, whose function it is to divert attention from the commander.
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n.
1.A formal discourse, usually delivered to a person who has something by a person who wants something that he has.
2.The place at which one receives the delicate attentions of creditors.
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1.A formal discourse, usually delivered to a person who has something by a person who wants something that he has.
2.The place at which one receives the delicate attentions of creditors.
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n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.
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n. A protuberance on the throat of a man, thoughtfully provided by Nature to keep the rope in place.
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n. A mineral frequently found beneath a corset. Soluble in solicitate of gold.
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n.
1.Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
2.A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A "saw" which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.
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1.Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
2.A hoary-headed platitude that is kicked along the centuries until nothing is left of it but its clothes. A "saw" which has worn out its teeth on the human understanding.
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n. A woman whose good name is commonly tainted from being so much in our mouths.
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n. One who peddles ready-made emotion, and who, despising us for the qualities upon which he feeds, is by us despised for the unwholesome character of his diet. See STICK.
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n. (Gr. a, priv., and Eng. crow-bait, a lean creature.) A muscular, well-conditioned fellow. A man who breaks his back to fill his belly.
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n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.
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n. A small nut about which cluster the American patriot's hopes of a navy. It makes tyranny tremble.
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v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.
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n. The quality which distinguishes the disposition of Deacon Fitch from a crabapple.
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