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epaulets
«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
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| 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
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| Keywords:
alight, alighted, alights, circumstance, distinguished, epaulet, epaulets, hoe, hoed, hoeing, shoulder, sparrow, Sparrows, The Sparrow, village, worn