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_ There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to Fortune--But most of us catch our watered stock on the ebb.

=UMBRELLA= A good thing to put up in a shower--or pawn-shop; but, like skating, never seen after Lent.

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=UNBOSOMED=

A shirt just returned from a steam laundry.

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=UNION= An ailing individual frequently troubled by scabs and liable to strike without warning.

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=UMPIRE= No jeweler, but a high authority on diamonds.

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=USHER= One who takes a leading part in a theatre.

=VACCINATION= Where "jabbing the needle" is never a vice.

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=VAUDEVILLE= From Lat. vaut, good for, and villageois, countryman. Good for countrymen.

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=VERANDA=

[Illustration]

An open-air enclosure often used as a spoon-holder.

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=VEST= A waistcoat sold at halfprice.

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=VIRTUE= A quality oftentimes associated with intelligence, but rarely with beauty.

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=VULGARITY= The conduct of others.

A rolling stone gathers no moss--except at roulette. _

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