ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.
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YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments.
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NONSENSE, n. The objections that are urged against this excellent dictionary.
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Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another.
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PHRENOLOGY, n. The science of picking the pocket through the scalp. It consists in locating and exploiting the organ that one is a dupe with.
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Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.
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