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«EPAULET, n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from the enemy --that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom his death would give promotion.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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Journalist,
Writer)
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Keywords:
badge,
badges,
epaulet,
epaulets,
lower rank,
military officer,
military rank,
ornamented,
promotion,
serving
«I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Keywords:
alight,
alighted,
alights,
circumstance,
distinguished,
epaulet,
epaulets,
hoe,
hoed,
hoeing,
shoulder,
sparrow,
Sparrows,
The Sparrow,
village,
worn
«Tell me what find we to admireIn epaulets and scarlet coats --In men, because they load and fire,And know the art of cutting throats?»