Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
Ambrose BierceEconomy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.
Ambrose BierceOne who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.
Ambrose BierceIMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position.
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