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jests

  • plural of jest.
  • present tense form of jest (3rd person singular).

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Jests Mondale: "This is the imperial vice presidency."

From Time Magazine Archive

Jests Mississippi House Member Jerry Gilbreath: "We have a minority leader, a party whip and one whippee�me."

From Time Magazine Archive

Jests: or, Wit's Commonplace book, . . . being a choice collection of Humourous Jests, . . . selected from the works and anecdotes of Voltaire, Foote, &c. . . .

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

Containing a Variety of elegant Apophthegms, Jests, &c. newly translated from the French, German, Spanish, Roman, and Eastern Languages: . . .

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

How Tom served his Hostess and a Tobacco Seller—being another of his Jests.

From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various

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