HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the pla…

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HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.115, University of Georgia Press
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