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THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY Ambrose Bierce - Sunny Hills High School

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<strong>Ambrose</strong> <strong>Bierce</strong> The Devil’s Dictionary<br />

PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It<br />

is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the<br />

audience.<br />

PICKANINNY, n. The young of the _Procyanthropos_, or _Americanus<br />

dominans_. It is small, black and charged with political fatalities.<br />

PICTURE, n. A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome<br />

in three.<br />

"Behold great Daubert's picture here on view‐‐<br />

Taken from Life." If that description's true,<br />

Grant, heavenly Powers, that I be taken, too.<br />

Jali Hane<br />

PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion.<br />

Cold pie was highly esteemed by the remains.<br />

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