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If we were to quibble about Drunk: The Definitive Drinker's Dictionary (" O ascetic, go, and don’t quibble with those who drink the dregs," Hafez said), it would be over the fact that the book is in fact a glossary and not a dictionary, though author Paul Dickson, as a consulting editor for Merriam-Webster, would already know that. Having compiled glossaries ourselves, we get the predicament: if every entry has the same definition (in this case, "drunk"), the entries might as well stand unadorned. The illustrations by Brian Rea make the impressive glossary even more charming. Can you guess the entry for this illustration?
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