SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine. (Ambrose Bierce)

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.

Ambrose Bierce

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