Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total absta…

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Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2004). The Devil's Dictionaries: The Best of the Devil's Dictionary and the American Heretic's Dictionary, p.41, See Sharp Press
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