NEW DEFINITIONS.
A philanthropist hands in a few callings from a new cyclopaedia: Appendicitis: A modern pain costing about a hundred guineas more than our grandparents' stomachache. Blonde: A natty French word tor hydrogen peroxide. Bluff: About the only thing one can’t put up at a pawnshop. Colonel: T’he only fellow who really knows how to run a war. In America —anv man over 45. Encore: The grumble of the man who want 0 more than his moneys worth. Frugality: The art of being mem withm l meaning to be. 5 Gold: A precious metal once known to |.> oceup'ed British pockets, but now Iransforred to American mouths. yyiH iiym' What you use when you can't spell the word you ought to use. Valet: An English gir.tillman who has. nr s lie conscientious wurrk to position iv a bootjack. *. Dooley.» Verdict (Law): T’he opinion of 12 men on a subject they don’t mderstand. Vulgarity: An objectionable characteristic of the manners of others. Wisdow: Knowing how ignorant we ..re and keeping the knowledge to ourselves. Zealot: One who is so keen tor good that he would commit any evil to gam converts.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1399, 31 May 1923, Page 6
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190NEW DEFINITIONS. Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1399, 31 May 1923, Page 6
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