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CRAYFISH, n. A small crustacean very much resembling the lobster, but less indigestible.

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Ambrose Bierce
Born: 1842
Born: June 24
Aphorist
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Ohio
Dod Grile
William Herman
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce
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