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HUMOR
The Left landed
D, as in Diplomacy: Lying in state. Oliver Herford
I, as in Irish Bull: A male animal that is always pregnant.
John Mahaffy
C, as in Calvin Coolidge: The greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont. Clarence Darrow
T, as in Truant Officer: A talent scout for a reform school.
Charlie McCarthy
I, as in Injustice: Relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
H. L. Mencken
O, as in Organ: A petrified bagpipe. L. L. Levinson
N", as in Nationalisms: An infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. Albert Einstein
A, as in America: A country whose youth is one of her oldest and most hallowed traditions. Oscar Wilde
R, as in Riding: The art of keeping a horse between yourself and the ground. London Times
Y, as in Youthful Figure: What you get when you ask a woman her age. Anon.
leonard louis levinson picked the wits of many of his contemporaries, a few of the ancients, and quite a few of his own for this jocular collection of...
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Fülszöveg
HUMOR
The Left landed
D, as in Diplomacy: Lying in state. Oliver Herford
I, as in Irish Bull: A male animal that is always pregnant.
John Mahaffy
C, as in Calvin Coolidge: The greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont. Clarence Darrow
T, as in Truant Officer: A talent scout for a reform school.
Charlie McCarthy
I, as in Injustice: Relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.
H. L. Mencken
O, as in Organ: A petrified bagpipe. L. L. Levinson
N", as in Nationalisms: An infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. Albert Einstein
A, as in America: A country whose youth is one of her oldest and most hallowed traditions. Oscar Wilde
R, as in Riding: The art of keeping a horse between yourself and the ground. London Times
Y, as in Youthful Figure: What you get when you ask a woman her age. Anon.
leonard louis levinson picked the wits of many of his contemporaries, a few of the ancients, and quite a few of his own for this jocular collection of ofi-the-cufi definitions gathered over his long career as newspaperman, magazine writer, lyricist, comedy writer, and scriptwriter. Mr. Levinson is the author of Webster's Unafraid Dictionary and a one-volume version of The Memoirs of Casanova, both Collier Books.
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