The Devil's Dictionary: Interregnum

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

-n.

The period during which a monarchical country is governed by a warm spot on the cushion of the throne. The experiment of letting the spot grow cold has commonly been attended by most unhappy results from the zeal of many worthy persons to make it warm again.

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