clever remark
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One clever remark read, “My favorite Star Wars memory would have to be the time Disney tried to lay legal claim to every tweet on Twitter that used a particular hashtag.”
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2020
A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a "joke."
From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose
"Yes, that wasn't a clever remark," said Alexandra.
From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.
The astute monarch's calculations were admirably exposed by a clever remark of the Prince of Ballybunion.
From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Auber said: "You must not forget that Rochefort would rather sell his soul than lose an occasion to make a clever remark."
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
