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Letter "R" » retort
«REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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American Indian, aversion, constitutional, North American, North American Indian, offend, repartee, retort, retorted
«I could have made a neat retort but didn't, for I was flurried and didn't think of it till I was downstairs»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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downstairs, neat, neater, retort, retorted
«I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
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churlish, circumstance, countercheck, courteous, degrees, fifth, fourth, modest, quarrelsome, quip, Quips, reply, reproof, reproofs, retort, retorted, seventh, sixth, valiant
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