jokeletn.
/ˈdʒəʊklɪt/ A little joke, a small witticism.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > other types of jest or joke
dry biscuit jest1600
kniff-knaff1683
private joke1789
jokelet1847
inside joke1849
wheeze1864
one-liner1904
lavatory joke1931
lavatory humour1935
sight gag1957
cruellie1959
in-joke1964
elephant joke1966
1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xv. 136 The lecturer to enliven his subject made some small witticism—or jokelet.
1875 M. E. Braddon Strange World I. i. 17 Justina began to laugh, as if it had been a green-room jokelet.
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