Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quarrelsome hook-nosed husband of Judy in the comic puppet show Punch and Judy.
- idiom (pleased as Punch) Highly pleased; gratified.
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- proper noun UK Name of a
glove puppet who was the main character used in aPunch and Judy show. - proper noun UK Name of a famous
satirical magazine - proper noun attributive Indicates a high level of
professionalism because of being a past contributor to the magazine.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But when police and health officials failed to find any missing digits among the workers involved in the restaurant's supply chain, suspicion fell on Ayala, and her story has become a late-night punch line. link Punch line?
From On High 2005
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His performance and figures were first-rate -- far superior to anything of the present day, and it is quite evident that poor Leech and others copied _my_ Punch, for _Punch_ and other works, from the Punch that I copied from this Italian Punch.
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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"A Word with Punch" -- which the _Punch_ men are said to have bought up as far as possible -- had a considerable sale, and an "édition de luxe" was also issued, coloured.
The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann
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Make a fist as in "Punch" and place knife along fingernails with blade toward little finger side; twist wrist inward quickly and say "period."
Naomi Craig RA: Sports and Games ITY Brown University 1997
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I remember many years ago a cartoon which appeared in "Punch", a periodical widely believed to be stuffy and stupid by those who never see it (Amusement).
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In February of 1941, Captain "Punch" Dickins of the Canadian Pacific Air Services came into the picture and plans were made for new airports, additional living quarters, stores and hangars, etc.
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First published in "Punch" magazine in 1935, with black-and-white drawings by Ernest Shepard.
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Wondrich advocates simple, old-fashioned recipes: "In general, the more punch I make, the more I preach restraint," said Wondrich, the author of who also is writing a new book on punch history to be published next year (under the title Punch, or the Delights and Dangers of the Flowing Bowl
chron.com Chronicle 2009
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Wondrich advocates simple, old-fashioned recipes: "In general, the more punch I make, the more I preach restraint," said Wondrich, the author of who also is writing a new book on punch history to be published next year (under the title Punch, or the Delights and Dangers of the Flowing Bowl
chron.com Chronicle 2009
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And now I am upon this subject, I must do myself justice in relation to an article in a former paper, wherein I made mention of a person who keeps a puppet-show in the town of Bath; [430] I was tender of naming names, and only just hinted, that he makes larger promises, when he invites people to his dramatic representations, than he is able to perform: but I am credibly informed, that he makes a profane lewd jester, which he calls Punch, speak to the dishonour of
The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 George A. Aitken
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