punner
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of punner1
First recorded in 1680–90; pun + -er 1
Origin of punner2
Example Sentences
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Other standouts include an anti-lullaby to Minchin's sleepless baby, in which this exhaustive punner rhymes "Ringo" and "dingo" with "sing Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da".
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2010
Foundations are usually executed by excavators or navvies, and the tools and implements used are boning rods, level pegs, lines, spirit level, pickaxe, various shovels, wheel-barrow, rammer or punner, &c.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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