kidder
Britishnoun
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a person who kids
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dialect a brother or friend
Example Sentences
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Streep chimes in that she’s obsessed with reading, to which Sondheim, a born kidder, suggests: “Vogue and Cosmopolitan and the Style section of the Times.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Cuma—talkative, a kidder, constitutionally restless—can barely sit still during the long nights and spends hours removing the handles from tools to attach them to other tools that get used a bit more often.
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2021
He is a kidder, who pokes fun at Buddhism, other teachers and himself.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 5, 2018
Even — Ridley, you sly kidder, you — the same goofy little plastic toy bird sitting atop a control-room console rhythmically dipping its beak into a glass of water.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2017
All she said was: “Gee, ain’t you the kidder, Johnny Nolan.”
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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