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"To the Egress!"
"To the Egress!"
Barnum exclaimed.
Would it be
An Ostrich? An ibu?
Literally, no one knew!


4-4-3-6--7

I have loved using this word since I read how P. T. Barnum used it to trick his "sucker born every minute" customers in the 19th Century. "Literally" here is an allusion to the crowds' general Illiteracy.

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