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 	them difficult to deal with, even on the rare occasions when
 	they are friendly.
 	  [ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]
+dented pot
+	Here was a sight to beat all: a man in the prime of life rambling
+	barefoot down the wilderness road, dressed in raggedy pantaloons
+	sewn out of two meal sacks, a shirt so tattered and scrappish
+	that its owner had a proud choice of holes to stick his arms
+	through, and -- the crowning glory -- a hat in the exact
+	likeness of a tin mush pot, somewhat dented, but snugly fitted,
+	with the handle turned to one side, as if it were the very
+	latest and smartest of fashions.
+		[ Johnny Appleseed, by James Howard Kunstler ]
 diamond
 	The hardest known mineral (with a hardness of 10 on Mohs' scale).
 	It is an allotropic form of pure carbon that has crystallized in