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Acquaintance. A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
Journalist
Poet
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Meigs County
Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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