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A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.

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  1. n. A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.
  2. A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking. Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant] Balaam basket or box (Print.), the receptacle for rejected articles. Blackw. Mag.
  3. A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out anewspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's assspeaking. Numb. xxii. 30. [Cant] Balaam basket or box (Print.), thereceptacle for rejected articles. Blackw. Mag.
  4. n. A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking.