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Joker

noun

A person who enjoys telling or playing jokes. Synonym: jokester.

A person who does something thoughtless or annoying. Synonym: turkey.

An inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent.

A playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester.

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"Joker" Quotes from Famous Books

... O'Toole saw an old woman come limpin' along th' dock where th' Starbuck lay. She hobbled on to th' gang-plank an' started aboard, an' O'Toole began to chaff Garnett. He waren't half bad as a joker. ...

— Mr. Trunnell • T. Jenkins Hains

... well enough—as well as I want to be. Here is no lack of my best friend,'—touching his case-bottle;—'but, to tell you a secret, he and I have got so used to each other, I begin to think he is like a professed joker, that makes your sides sore with laughing if you see him but now and then; but if you take up house with him, he can only make your head stupid. But I warrant the old fellow is doing the best he can for ...

— Redgauntlet • Sir Walter Scott

... if you break anything, I'll bash in your fool head. There's going to be some style to this dishwashing. I used to slide 'em all in together and let her go. But that ain't the way here. She knows four aces and the jolly joker better ...

— The Rules of the Game • Stewart Edward White

... game, and that was what the Governor was. But they were not able to score. They made several efforts, but the Governor defeated these efforts without any trouble and went on smiling his pleasant smile as if nothing had happened. Finally the joker chiefs of Carson City and Virginia City conspired together to see if their combined talent couldn't win a victory, for the jokers were getting into a very uncomfortable place: the people were laughing at them, instead of at their proposed victim. They banded themselves ...

— Chapters from My Autobiography • Mark Twain

... 'the composer,' 'the poet.' He wrote a long epic, Karl the Great, an Arthurian romance, Daniel of the Blooming Vale, and several short tales of which the best is Pfaffe Ameis. The hero is a peripatetic rogue and practical joker who plays tricks on people and makes much money. The selection is from the translation by Karl ...

— An anthology of German literature • Calvin Thomas

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