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One word from Devil's Dictionary

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MACHINATION, n. The method employed by one's opponents in baffling one's open and honorable efforts to do the right thing. Ambrose Bierce, 1911

One word from the Devil's Dictionary

Article publié par Le Mesturet le 25/05/2011 à 13:53
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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.
 

Ambrose Bierce, 1911 

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