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E: The fifth letter of the alphabet which is usually silent at the end
of a word--quite unlike some women _you_ know of, eh!
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EAR. A place which hears a great many things which should never have
been said.

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EARTH. An orange-shaped ball hanging in space and inhabited by two
classes of people, to wit: kickers and more kickers.

EDEN. The garden where Adam and Eve baked the first apple pie and pied
the human race.

ECSTASY. A state in which the mind is carried away. For instance, if you
are in a runaway automobile, you are in _ecstasy_ until you hit a
telegraph pole; after that you're in a hospital.

EGOTIST. A man who uses his brain for the purpose of believing that he
is the greatest ever.

ELBOW. Something you give a man you don't like.

EASTER. A season of the year devoted to new bonnets, overcoatless young
men and pneumonia. A tide in the affairs of women which, taken at the