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punning

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She wasn’t getting performing opportunities, so she dove into improv and puns.

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You should hear me at table with the Ulster purser and a little punning microscopist called Davis.

The number of punning devices is very large, and nearly every one has a character peculiarly its own.

A few punning devices occur among the early English printers, but they are not always clever or pictorially successful.

Next to the section of punning devices, perhaps the most entertaining is that which deals with the question of mottoes.

Though I love fun, eternal jesting, buffoonery, punning absolutely kills me.

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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to punning, such as: amusing, blithe, null, clever, comic, and comical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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