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, n. A decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth or power. Peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer.

, n. Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside.

, n. An act whereby a sovereign attests his sense of the high temperature of the throne.

, n. The temple of the god Stomach, in whose worship, with sacrificial rights, all