English text
Absentee, n.: A person with an income who has had the forethought to remove himself from the sphere of exaction. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
English variant — jive
Absentee, n. 'S coo', bro.: A sucka' wid an income who gots'ta had da damn fo'edought to remove himself fum de sphere uh exacshun. -- Ambrose Bierce, "De Devil's Dicshunary"
English variant — valspeak
Absentee, oh, baby, n.: A person with an income who has had thuh forethought to remove himself from thuh sphere of exaction. -- Ambrose Bierce, man, "The Devil's Dictionary"