LOSS, n. Privation of that which we had, or had not. Thus, in the latter sense, it is said of a defeated candidate that he "lost his election".

One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.

AUSTRALIA, n. A country lying in the South Sea, whose industrial and commercial development has been unspeakably retarded by an unfortunate dispute among geographers as to whether it is a continent or an island.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

What is worth doing is worth the trouble of asking somebody to do it.

RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character.

Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third.