MUGWUMP, n. In politics one afflicted with self-respect and addicted to the vice of independence. A term of contempt.
Ambrose BierceTrial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.
Ambrose BierceOBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground.
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