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Definition of Jokers
1. joker [n] - See also: joker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jokers
Literary usage of Jokers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woodrow Wilson and World Settlement by Ray Stannard Baker (1922)
"CHAPTER XXIX THE "RHINE REBELLION"—FRENCH EFFORTS TO EVADE THE
SETTLEMENTS—DIPLOMATIC "jokers" f • "\HE French crisis of the Peace Conference, ..."
2. Old England and New England: In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot by Alfred Bunn (1853)
"... jokers THAN SIR THOMAS MORE AND ANNE BOLEYN—LIBRARIES AND BOOKS AN EVENING
WITH LONGFELLOW, AT ONE OF THE HOMES OF THE AMERICAN POETS " THE DAY IS DONE. ..."
3. Sketches in Crude-oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1896)
"... SCENES—PRACTICAL jokers—SAD TRAGEDIES-LIGHTS AND SHADOWS INTERMINGLE AND THE
CURTAIN FALLS FOREVER. " Variety's the very spice of life."—Cowper. ..."
4. Pioneer Days in California by John Carr (1891)
"First school in Weaverville. CHAPTER XXVI. A TRIP TO HUMBOLDT. Indian war
rumors.—Judge Peters and the jokers.—Volunteers in pursuit of Indians.—Uniontown. ..."
5. Types of Prose Narratives: A Text-book for the Story Writer by Harriott Ely Fansler (1911)
"One day as a land parade was going on in honor of Dr. Rizal, three well-known
jokers of the town were following the procession, when they suddenly came to a ..."