2. Verb. (third-person singular of jape) ¹
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Definition of Japes
1. jape [v] - See also: jape
Lexicographical Neighbors of Japes
Literary usage of Japes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan by Silas Farmer (1890)
"Tenth Ward: G. Hendrie, JB Gravier. Eleventh Ward: M. Dederich, WL Streeter.
Twelfth Ward: M. Steyskal, Thos. Densham. Thirteenth Ward: F. Whitman, J. japes ..."
2. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"I like to hear little Minnie's gay laugh, And the whistle of japes the page, ...
Then Minnie and japes and Madge shall be Thy merry-mates all day long, ..."
3. The Book of Detroiters;. by Albert Nelson Marquis (1914)
"japes, Henry; born, Detroit, 1863; son of John and Elizabeth japes; educated in
parochial schools, Detroit; Detroit College; unmarried. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1788)
"If for " ref-fi" we rend japes, ... The emendation was introduced by Mr. Rowe.
STEF.VENS. " I fee that men make japes of fuch a ..."
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