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jokebook

American  
[johk-book] / ˈdʒoʊkˌbʊk /

noun

  1. a book of jokes.

Etymology

Origin of jokebook

First recorded in 1950–55; joke + book

Example Sentences

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There is little of the dentist-office jokebook about the new Life.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Archie Bunker's righteous outrage has been replaced by Gary Coleman's jokebook, and the conflicts are resolved with a pat 1950s-style sentimentality that seems phonier than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bernstein was quoted as saying that the script read like a Henny Youngman jokebook.

From Time Magazine Archive

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