Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.

RESPITE, n. A suspension of hostilities against a sentenced assassin, to enable the Executive to determine whether the murder may not have been done by the prosecuting attorney. Any break in the continuity of a disagreeable expectation.

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".

MEDICINE, n. A stone flung down the Bowery to kill a dog in Broadway.

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

Money. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it.

Confidante: One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C.