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DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. The present dictionary, however, is one of the most useful works that its author, Dr John Satan, has ever produced. It is designed to be a compendium of everything that is known up to date of its completion, and will drive a screw, repair a red wagon or apply for a divorce. It is a good substitute for measels [sic], and will make rats come out of their holes to die. It is a dead shot for worms, and children cry for it. Ambrose Bierce The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary (2005: Athens (Ga.), University of Georgia Press) eds. David E. Schultz & S.T. Joshi. Mr Robinson owns a property on the banks of the river Torridge at Taddiport (orig. Toad-gate) in North Devon. His land,...
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