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LIAR, n. A lawyer with a roving commission. LIBERTY, n. One of Imagination’s most precious possessions. The rising People, hot and out of breath, Roared around the palace: «Liberty or death!» «If death will do,» the King said, «let me...
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LEGACY, n. A gift from one who is legging it out of this vale of tears. LEONINE, adj. Unlike a menagerie lion. Leonine verses are those in which a word in the middle of a line rhymes with a word at the end. LETTUCE, n. An herb of the...
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LAWYER, n. One skilled in circumvention of the law. LAZINESS, n. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree. LEAD, n. A heavy blue-gray metal much used in giving stability to light lovers—particularly to those who love not...
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LAUGHTER, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable. Liability to attacks of laughter is one of the characteristics distinguishing man from the...
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LAND, n. A part of the earth’s surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. Carried to its logical...
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KING’S EVIL, n. A malady that was formerly cured by the touch of the sovereign, but has now to be treated by the physicians. KISS, n. A word invented by the poets as a rhyme for «bliss.» It is supposed to signify, in a general way, some kind...
