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« Offensive · Oleaginous »
- Old
- adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with
general inefficiency, as an old man. Discredited by lapse of time
and offensive to the popular taste, as an old book.
“Old books? The devil take them!” Goby said.
Harley Shum
“Fresh every day must be my books and bread.”
Nature herself approves the Goby rule
And gives us every moment a fresh fool.