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- noun A person who
joshes orridicules
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Examples
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Say, you think yourself some josher, don't you, telling me you were a kidnapper!
Piccadilly Jim 1928
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'John thinks he's a great little josher, Miss Helen,' he said lightly.
The Desert Valley Jackson Gregory 1912
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He whistled to himself with a look that meant: "You wait, old josher till you get into the Knockery again!"
Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Will Irwin 1910
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"Mr. Ditmar's a great josher," Mr. Hale told Janet confidentially as he escorted them into the dining-room.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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"Mr. Ditmar's a great josher," Mr. Hale told Janet confidentially as he escorted them into the dining-room.
The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 2 Winston Churchill 1909
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"Mr. Ditmar's a great josher," Mr. Hale told Janet confidentially as he escorted them into the dining-room.
The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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He's a chronic josher, Nutt is, -- always puttin 'up some deep and elaborate game on Mr. Robert, or relatin' by the hour the horse-play stunts he's pulled on others.
Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907
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"I don't know who that josher is, but I hate to lose him out of town," confided the orator on the trough to those near him.
The Landloper Holman Day 1900
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"A great josher!" that young woman was heard to comment, admiringly.
Jane Cable George Barr McCutcheon 1897
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He 'phoned me once about this, but he's such a josher, and it was such wild-eyed lunacy that I thought he was kidding.
Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Herbert Quick 1893
yarb commented on the word josher
It was a masquerade costume, maybe; that goat Osterman was such a josher, one never could tell what he would do next.
- Frank Norris, The Octopus, ch. 5
August 15, 2008