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“LITIGANT, n. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones.”

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“LITIGATION, n. A machine which you go into as a pig and come out of as a sausage.”

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“LOCK-AND-KEY, n. The distinguishing device of civilization and enlightenment.”

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“LODGER, n. A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and the Mealer.”

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“LOGANIMITY, n. The disposition to endure injury with meek forbearance while maturing a plan of revenge.”

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“LONGEVITY, n. Uncommon extension of the fear of death.”

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“LOQUACITY, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.”

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“LOW-BRED, adj. 'Raised' instead of brought up.”

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“LUMINARY, n. One who throws light upon a subject; as an editor by not writing about it.”

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“MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.”

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“MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.”

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“MAGNET, n. Something acted upon by magnetism.”

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“MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of an ass, to a rabbit, or the glory of a glowworm, to a maggot.”

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“MAGPIE, n. A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.”

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“MALEFACTOR, n. The chief factor in the progress of the human race.”

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“MAMMALIA, n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle.”

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“MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.”

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“MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.”

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“MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.”

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“MATERIAL, adj. Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important. Material things I know, or fell, or see; All else is immaterial to me. Jamrach Holobom”

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