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Ambrose (Gwinnett) Bierce, 1842-1914

was an US author and satirist

LAUREL, n. The _laurus_, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the brows of victors and such poets as had influence at court. (_Vide supra._)

( “The Devil's Dictionary”, 1906 )

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