repartee

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“Personally I think it is a sad thing for baseball there are not more bon mots and repartees of the sort,” Hughes wrote.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2021

He possessed, besides, a deep fund of satire, which had procured for him his name, his repartees being very frequently ironical or merry.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

Jests, or the Patriot Wit. being a collection of bonmots, puns, repartees, and other witticisms, respecting John Wilkes, Eſq. and the Ever-Memorable Number Forty-five.. .

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 2 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

If occasionally his repartees gave offence, no one was more ready to apologise or to atone to any feeling that had been wounded.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John

Otherwise the table consecrated to the young would have been less quiet, and enlivened by Hertha's sharp repartees.

From The Undying Past by Sudermann, Hermann