The Devil's Dictionary: Corporal

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
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CORPORATION

CORPORAL

-n.

A man who occupies the lowest rung of the military ladder.

Fiercely the battle raged and, sad to tell,
Our corporal heroically fell!
Fame from her height looked down upon the brawl
And said: "He hadn't very far to fall."

- Giacomo Smith

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