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Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.

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