A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.
LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law.
CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.
Even the laws of justice themselves cannot subsist without mixture of injustice.
A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the bones of their proponents.
REAR, n. In American military matters, that exposed part of the army that is nearest to Congress.