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standing joke en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A customary laughing matter amongst a group of people.
    • The two aunts laughed heartily, too, for Gabriel's solicitude was a standing joke with them. 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 223:

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Relateds

inside joke · running joke

Translations (1)

sv stående skämt (laughing matter amongst a group of people)