TEETOTALER, n. One who abstains from strong drink, sometimes totally, sometimes tolerably totally.
Ambrose BierceDictionary: a malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic
Ambrose BierceEXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc.
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