A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beetle, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus, and microbe.
Ambrose BierceAdmiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking.
Ambrose BierceART, n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape as "One day a wag - what would the wretch be at? Shifted a letter of the cipher RAT, And said it was a god's name! . . ."
Ambrose BierceA person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.
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