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A pun, and its recognitory laugh, must be co-instantaneous.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles

Electricity and bread-and-butter would meet the same recognitory reception.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 by Various