rib-tickler
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It’s not a side-splitter, by any means, but Harden wouldn’t even concede that it’s a rib-tickler.
From Slate • Mar. 1, 2020
Before you fall off your chair with mirth at these witticisms – solemnly collected for posterity, remember – here is one more rib-tickler.
From The Guardian • May 4, 2017
Not because of the title — “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists” isn’t what you’d call a rib-tickler.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2016
Kallis simmers liked a riled pitbull and sends down a rib-tickler - ole!
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2010
All records beaten as a fun-maker, rib-tickler, and laugh-provoker.
From The Blunders of a Bashful Man by Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller
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