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" EDIBLE, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. "
An Anatomy of Humor - Page 47
by Arthur Asa Berger - 192 pages
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The Cynic's Word Book

Ambrose Bierce - English language - 1906 - 250 pages
...barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford. EDIBLE, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to...snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and ^Eacus, but is placable...
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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: The devil's dictionary

Ambrose Bierce - 1911 - 394 pages
...barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford. EDIBLE, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to...snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and /Eacus, but is placable...
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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: The devil's dictionary

Ambrose Bierce - American literature - 1911 - 386 pages
...barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford. EDIBLE, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to...snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and ^Eacus, but is placable...
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The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce - American wit and humor - 1925 - 384 pages
...barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford. EDIBLE, ad}. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to...snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. EDITOR, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and yEacus, but is placable...
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The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...Street, "Augeas' Self-Service Restaurant" U928;repr. in One-Way Street and Other Writings, 1 978). 3 ) politician, (1842-1914), US author, rhe Devil's Dictionary (1881 -1906). 4 Clearly, some time ago makers and consumers...
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Buckeye Legends: Folktales and Lore from Ohio

Michael Jay Katz - History - 1994 - 240 pages
...them that pigs can eat rattlers with no problem. You know the saying about how the word edible means "good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to...snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm." Well this saying is God's truth — although I don't know if pigs are actually protected from the poison...
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General Linguistics

Francis P. Dinneen - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1995 - 680 pages
...nine is the number of fingers you have after stopping a hole in the dike; Ambrose Bierce: edible is good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to...snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. These suggest differences among meanings as content, sense or reference, paralleling Saussure's distinctions...
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Famous Lines: A Columbia Dictionary of Familiar Quotations

Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...Ecclesiastes 8:1 5: "A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry." 2 Edible. Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a...pig to a man, and a man to a worm. AMBROSE BIERCE, (1842-1914) US author. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906), repr. in Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce,...
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The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce - Humor - 2010 - 438 pages
...barrel of whisky that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford. Edible, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to...snake to a pig, a pig to a man and a man to a worm. Editor, n. A person who combines the judicial functions of Minos, Rhadamanthus and /Łacus, but is...
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They Did What!?: The Funny, Weird, Wonderful, Outrageous, and Stupid Things ...

Bob Fenster - Celebrities - 2002 - 292 pages
...'See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.'" THOUGHT FOR FOOD 1. Writer Ambrose Bierce: "Edible — Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as...snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm." 2. Chef James Beard: "A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch." 3. Indian...
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