PORTUGUESE, n.pl. A species of geese indigenous to Portugal. They are mostly without feathers and imperfectly edible, even when stuffed with garlic.

Cat: a soft indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.

DEJEUNER, n. The breakfast of an American who has been in Paris. Variously pronounced.

EMOTION, n. A prostrating disease caused by a determination of the heart to the head. It is sometimes accompanied by a copious discharge of hydrated chloride of sodium from the eyes.

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.

TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.

Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.