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“MAYONNAISE, n. One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.”

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“ME, pro. The objectionable case of I. The personal pronoun in English has three cases, the dominative, the objectionable and the oppressive. Each is all three.”

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

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“MENDACIOUS, adj. Addicted to rhetoric.”

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“MERCHANT, n. One engaged in a commercial pursuit. A commercial pursuit is one in which the thing pursued is a dollar.”

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“MERCY, n. An attribute beloved of detected offenders.”

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“MESMERISM, n. Hypnotism before it wore good clothes, kept a carriage and asked Incredulity to dinner.”

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“METROPOLIS, n. A stronghold of provincialism.”

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“MILLENNIUM, n. The period of a thousand years when the lid is to be screwed down, with all reformers on the under side.”

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“MINE, adj. Belonging to me if I can hold or seize it.”

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“MINOR, adj. Less objectionable.”

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“MINSTREL, adj. Formerly a poet, singer or musician; now a nigger with a color less than skin deep and a humor more than flesh and blood can bear.”

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“MIRACLE, n. An act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with four aces and a king.”

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“MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.”

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“MONARCHICAL GOVERNMENT, n. Government.”

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“MONEY, n. A blessing that is of no advantage to us excepting when we part with it. An evidence of culture and a passport to polite society. Supportable property.”

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“MONKEY, n. An arboreal animal which makes itself at home in genealogical trees.”

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“MONSIGNOR, n. A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.”

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“MORE, adj. The comparative degree of too much.”

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“MOUSQUETAIRE, n. A long glove covering a part of the arm. Worn in New Jersey. But 'mousquetaire' is a might poor way to spell muskeeter.”

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