SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones.
Ambrose BierceEXPOSTULATION, n. One of the many methods by which fools prefer to lose their friends.
Ambrose BierceNOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.
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