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Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk ab

Cocktail party: A gathering held to enable forty people to talk about themselves at the same time. The man who remains after the liquor is gone is the host. – Fred Allen

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The last time I saw him he was walking down lovers lane holding his own hand. – Fred Allen

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