thigh-slapper
See also: thigh slapper
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thigh-slapper (plural thigh-slappers)
- (idiomatic) A joke, especially one which strikes the listener or reader as particularly humorous.
- 1980 Sept. 29, Roger Rosenblatt, "The People's Analyst," Time (retrieved 18 Oct. 2009):
- Not exactly a thigh-slapper, but not terrible for a psychiatrist joke either.
- 2003 July 29, Lenore Skenazy, "Bob Hope's Jokes Just Lived For the Moment," New York Daily News (retrieved 18 Oct. 2009):
- "There's a lot of USO girls in Hollywood," Hope mused on his World War II tours. "USO - Use Slacks Only." Ho ho ho. Women wearing pants. Real thigh-slapper.
- 1980 Sept. 29, Roger Rosenblatt, "The People's Analyst," Time (retrieved 18 Oct. 2009):
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particularly humorous joke
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