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- Acquaintance
- n. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to. A degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor or obscure, and intimate when he is rich or famous.
- Actually
- adv. Perhaps; possibly.
- Adage
- n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.
- Adamant
- n. A mineral frequently found beneath a corset. Soluble in solicitate of gold.
- Adder
- n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.
- Adherent
- n. A follower who has not yet obtained all that he expects to get.
- Administration
- n. An ingenious abstraction in politics, designed to receive the kicks and cuffs due to the premier or president. A man of straw, proof against bad-egging and dead-catting.
- Admiral
- n. That part of a war-ship which does the talking while the figure-head does the thinking.
- Admiration
- n. Our polite recognition of another’s resemblance to ourselves.