Beauty, n: the power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.

A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.

TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.

TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.

NIHILIST, n. A Russian who denies the existence of anything but Tolstoi. The leader of the school is Tolstoi.

FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.

Immigrant: An unenlightened person who thinks one country better than another.