mockers
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of mockers
C20: perhaps from mock
Example Sentences
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“Not wishing to put the mockers on Cameron Norrie, but when did GB last have three men in the last 32 of Wimbledon, or any grand slam for that matter?”
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2021
The almost outlandish thing about “Herr, unser Herrscher” is that it does not simply take the point of view of the mourners and the mockers.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 25, 2016
Equal-opportunity mockers Cleese and Idle will be at the Moore Theatre in Seattle on Oct. 26-27, 2016.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2016
This multimedia fluidity is also why, as Grantland noted last year, it’s hopeless to try to out-meme Drake, no matter how hard mockers try: “You can’t invent Draking. Drake’s been Draking for 27 years.”
From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2015
They took a supply of the orange corn and two of the mockers; the yellow one and its mate.
From Space Prison by Tom Godwin
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