WOMAN, n. An animal usually living in the vicinity of Man, and having …

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WOMAN, n. An animal usually living in the vicinity of Man, and having a rudimentary susceptibility to domestication. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.239, University of Georgia Press
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WOMAN, n. An animal usually living in the vicinity of Man, and having a rudimentary susceptibility to domestication. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.239, University of Georgia Press

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