PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.
Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own.
LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman.
RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation.
Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.