josh
verb (used with or without object)
to chaff; banter in a teasing way.
josher
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a word derived from
josh.
Example Sentences
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Funnyman Stewart, a great josher, gets them so thoroughly off guard a few times that his weaker cracks keep them wobbling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here was a weeper, there a grinning josher, and everywhere beer bottles and nervous wives.
From Time Magazine Archive
That josher, Osterman, always at his monkey-shines, but a good fellow for all that; brainy too.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
"It was about time some strong josher came and put it across to 'em," added the Kid.
From Psmith, Journalist by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
It was a masquerade costume, maybe; that goat Osterman was such a josher, one never could tell what he would do next.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
