The Devil's Dictionary Illustrated
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    [year] => 2021
    [artist] => Ambrose Bierce
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    [language] => ENGLISH
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    [title] => The Devil's Dictionary Illustrated
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    [synopsis] => This satirical dictionary consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. It was, written by journalist and writer Ambrose Bierce. This new edition (easy-to-read layout) contains 26 illustrations or paintings by Gustave Doré.

Excerpt:
CANNON, n. An instrument employed in the rectification of national boundaries.
MARRIAGE, n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.
RELIGION, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas.
YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer.
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