thigh-slapper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thigh-slapper
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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So if you’re a Bills fan, Johnson’s stage show was a real thigh-slapper.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2011
Not exactly a thigh-slapper, but not terrible for a psychiatrist joke either.
From Time Magazine Archive
That Georgia thigh-slapper provides the President with a metaphor to explain the trouble he has faced for almost a year.
From Time Magazine Archive
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