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Alibi: Slip cover.

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Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk about themselves at the same time; the man who remains after the liquor is gone is the host.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)
Activities Definitions

Polygamy – the art of  parrot-folding.

comic actor-writer
Communication Definitions Wordplay

Specialist: A man who knows more and more about less and less.

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Worry: Interest paid on trouble before it falls due.

Definitions Emotions

Sunburn: Getting what you basked for.

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Pocket Watch: A watch for people who don’t like having time on their hands.

Definitions Time

Lawyer: Men whom we hire to protect us from lawyers.

Definitions Lawyers

Awe: Wow of silence.

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Yawn: An honest opinion openly expressed.

Definitions Opinion

Puberty: The awkward age when a child is too old to say something cute and too young to say something sensible.

Age Definitions

Doctor: Someone who practices medicine but charges as if he knew.

Definitions Doctors Health

Executive Ability: The art of getting the credit for all the hard work that somebody else does.

Definitions Work

Leftovers: Repast history.

Definitions Food/Drink

Farmer: A man who is outstanding in his field.

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Erudite: Exhibiting a degree of book learning fatal to success in any business or romantic enterprise.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter
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Zoo: A place of refuge where wild animals are protected from people.

Animals Definitions Places

Nurses: Patient people.

Definitions Health Occupations

Philosophy: A study which enables man to be unhappy more intelligently.

Definitions Happiness Intelligence

Justice: A decision in your favor.

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Statesman: A politician away from home.

Definitions Politicians