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A fool and his wife are soon parted. See Alimony.


MAGAZINE A receptacle for explosives, literary or mechanical.

MAGNATE One who can float capital in a considerable body of water.
From Lat. magnus, great, and nator, to swim; a great swimmer.

MAIDEN LADY A term applied to an old maid by those who wish to
avoid hurting her feelings.

MALT A humble grain which often gets into a ferment, cools off and
becomes Stout in its old age.

MAN Something that "Goes first on four feet, then two feet, then
three, but the more feet it goes on the weaker it be!"

MAN-ABOUT-TOWN One who is on speaking terms with the head waiter.

MANICURE The only woman who can beat a carpenter at soaking nails.

MANNERS A difficult symphony in the key of B natural.

MARK In Germany, twenty-three cents. In the United States, only
Twain.

MASCULINE From Grk. maskos, girl, and eukolos, easy. Easy for the
girls.