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present participle and gerund of joke examples
(Britain, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool. examples
plural jokings
The act of telling or engaging in jokes. quotations examples
No low beatings and knockings about, no jokings and squeakings like your precious Punches, but always the same, with a constantly unchanging air of coldness and gentility […]
1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter number or name)”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841