Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of Saul of Tarsus, who has been severely criticised as a turn-coat by some of our partisan journals.
Ambrose BiercePLAGIARIZE, v. To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.
Ambrose BierceSERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.
Ambrose BierceHeathen, n. A benighted creature who has the folly to worship something that he can see and feel.
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