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- noun A
joke which is found to bepleasingly humorous .
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Examples
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Sure, "The Sound of Music" is a toe-tapper, but it ain't fubball, is it?
NFL Week 17 Live: Coaching buzz, playoff permutations on last week Cindy Boren 2011
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Dolly Parton sings her toe-tapper Travelin 'Thru (from Transamerica); nominated lyricist Kathleen Bird York, backed by somnambulant human mannequins and a burning car, sings Into the Deep from Crash; Three
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I seem to remember the show, which ran from 1959 to 1973, as a fairly routine soap opera, which could easily be followed without guidance, even if viewed through the wrong side of a balaclava while humming Rosemary Clooney's latest toe-tapper.
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This toe-tapper from California Working Families features a series of Meg Whitman glamour shots, branding California Republican gubernatorial candidate as a high-flying big spender.
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Billed as " a domestic comedy with symphonic interludes, " " Intermezzo " is a risky repertoire choice: It ' s not a toe-tapper, and it requires great orchestral playing.
Wedded With Wit Heidi Waleson 2010
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Perhaps a toe-tapper about when he demanded Bill Clinton's resignation for his affair?
Matthew Filipowicz: Mark Sanford: The Musical -- Don't Cry For Me Right Wing Media 2009
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Notwithstanding any political connotations, this is a crackling comedy toe-tapper.
Creased or Folded? hecklerspray Tells You the Way it is 2008
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The real toe-tapper is the seven-note phrase that punctuates their radio commercials, its placid female harmonies beckoning to us like the sirens of Experian.
David Singer: Songs For Sale: The Era of the New Megahit 2008
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Only decadent Western culture would dream up a toe-tapper about terrorism.
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Now, if it's just a little toe-tapper, got to make me feel good somehow or another, or when I sing it I can't make you feel good.
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