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“HARANGUE, n. A speech by an opponent, who is known as an harrangue- outang.”

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“HARBOR, n. A place where ships taking shelter from stores are exposed to the fury of the customs.”

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“HARMONISTS, n. A sect of Protestants, now extinct, who came from Europe in the beginning of the last century and were distinguished for the bitterness of their internal controversies and dissensions.”

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“HASH, x. There is no definition for this word -- nobody knows what hash is.”

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“HEARSE, n. Death's baby-carriage.”

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“HEBREW, n. A male Jew, as distinguished from the Shebrew, an altogether superior creation.”

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“HEMP, n. A plant from whose fibrous bark is made an article of neckwear which is frequently put on after public speaking in the open air and prevents the wearer from taking cold.”

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“HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.”

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“HERS, pron. His.”

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“HISTORIAN, n. A broad-gauge gossip.”

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“HOMOEOPATHIST, n. The humorist of the medical profession.”

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“HOUSELESS, adj. Having paid all taxes on household goods.”

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“HUMANITY, n. The human race, collectively, exclusive of the anthropoid poets.”

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“HURRY, n. The dispatch of bunglers.”

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“HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.”

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“HYBRID, n. A pooled issue.”

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“HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.”

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“HYENA, n. A beast held in reverence by some oriental nations from its habit of frequenting at night the burial-places of the dead. But the medical student does that.”

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“HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of seeming to be what he depises.”

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“IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.”

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