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“FELON, n. A person of greater enterprise than discretion, who in embracing an opportunity has formed an unfortunate attachment.”

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

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“FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.”

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“FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London -- 'Rubbish may be shot here.'”

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“FLESH, n. The Second Person of the secular Trinity.”

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“FORCE, n. 'Force is but might,' the teacher said -- 'That definition's just.' The boy said naught but through instead, Remembering his pounded head: 'Force is not might but must!'”

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“FOREFINGER, n. The finger commonly used in pointing out two malefactors.”

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“FORGETFULNESS, n. A gift of God bestowed upon doctors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.”

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“FREEBOOTER, n. A conqueror in a small way of business, whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.”

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“FRIENDLESS, adj. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.”

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“GARTHER, n. An elastic band intended to keep a woman from coming out of her stockings and desolating the country.”

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“GENEROUS, adj. Originally this word meant noble by birth and was rightly applied to a great multitude of persons. It now means noble by nature and is taking a bit of a rest.”

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“GENEALOGY, n. An account of one's descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own.”

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“GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.”

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“GOOD, adj. Sensible, madam, to the worth of this present writer. Alive, sir, to the advantages of letting him alone.”

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“GOUT, n. A physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient.”

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“GRAMMAR, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.”

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“GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.”

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“HABEAS CORPUS. A writ by which a man may be taken out of jail when confined for the wrong crime.”

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“HAND, n. A singular instrument worn at the end of the human arm and commonly thrust into somebody's pocket.”

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