PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and blameless lives. (Ambrose Bierce)

PILLORY, n. A mechanical device for inflicting personal distinction prototype of the modern newspaper conducted by persons of austere virtues and blameless lives.

Ambrose Bierce

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