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SEINE, n. A kind of net for effecting an involuntary change of environment. For fish it is made strong and coarse, but women are more easily taken with a singularly delicate fabric weighted with small, cut stones.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
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Dod Grile
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