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AB :Ambrose Bierce Am : New York American Ar:Argonaut AHD : TheAmericanHeritage Dictionary of the English Language (grded., 1992) C : The Cynic's Word Book (1906) Co : Cosmopolitan CW: The Collected Works ofAmbrose Bierce (12 vols., 1909-12) D : The Devil's Dictionary (vol. 7 ofCW, 1911) Dx : typesetting copy ofD E : San Francisco Examiner FD : The Fiend's Delight (1873) Fi: Figaro Fu : Fun J: New York Journal ND : Nuggets and Dust (1873) NL : San Francisco NewsLetter and California Advertiser NYPL : New York Public Library OED : Oxford English Dictionary (1933e d-) SS :A Sole Survivor (1998) W:Wasp WR : Write It Right (1909) A B H R K V I AT I O N S This page intentionally left blank ...

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