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ADDER, n. A species of snake. So called from its habit of adding funeral outlays to the other expenses of living.

— Ambrose Bierce

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce (1911), Vol. 7, The Devil's Dictionary, 19.

See also: | Humour (91) | Snake (5)

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