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hired the hot new Hollywood jokester to write the sitcom script
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The family jokester with a ‘heart of gold’ Bryson loved to make jokes, his grandmother said, often causing belly-laughs just by being himself.
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Emma Tucker, CNN, 30 Oct. 2023
To his friends, Ali was a jokester, always a jovial presence in the street.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
Somehow, his charm and humor were powerful enough to rope two rap stars (Future and Young Thug) into it who aren’t nearly as known as jokesters.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
That gives everyone a full week to make this as awkward as possible for the birthday jokester.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2023
Brooks, always the jokester, put on a pair of boxing gloves and shadow boxed in the tunnel while his teammates finished off the victory.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
Richmond was a jokester whose laugh rang out from the recreation center in the middle of the complex.
—Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Across the roll out of her debut studio album, Jaguar II, Victoria Monét has been a jokester and a party girl, all while proving that her skill is nothing to play with.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2023
Both sisters described Buchanan as a smart, generous man and a big jokester.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
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Emma Tucker, CNN, 30 Oct. 2023
To his friends, Ali was a jokester, always a jovial presence in the street.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
Somehow, his charm and humor were powerful enough to rope two rap stars (Future and Young Thug) into it who aren’t nearly as known as jokesters.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023
That gives everyone a full week to make this as awkward as possible for the birthday jokester.
—Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2023
Brooks, always the jokester, put on a pair of boxing gloves and shadow boxed in the tunnel while his teammates finished off the victory.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
Richmond was a jokester whose laugh rang out from the recreation center in the middle of the complex.
—Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Across the roll out of her debut studio album, Jaguar II, Victoria Monét has been a jokester and a party girl, all while proving that her skill is nothing to play with.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2023
Both sisters described Buchanan as a smart, generous man and a big jokester.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
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First Known Use
1877, in the meaning defined above
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