A mine is a hole in the ground owned by a liar.
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Alternatively, “with a liar on top”
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Attributed to Twain in The Autobiography of John Hays Hammond (Farrar & Rinehart, 1935), p. 97, who knew Twain. Not recorded as actually having been said (Mark Twain quotations – Miner). Also attributed to contemporaries Bill Nye and Eli Perkins (A Hole in the Ground).Mark Twain
Twain, Mark
Tweed, William Marcy (Boss)
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