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1.                 From The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   YOKE, n.  An implement, madam, to whose Latin name, jugum, we owe
   one of the most illuminating words in our language -- a word that
   defines the matrimonial situation with precision, point and poignancy.
   A thousand apologies for withholding it.