josher

Say, you think yourself some josher, don't you, telling me you were a kidnapper!

Piccadilly Jim 1928

'John thinks he's a great little josher, Miss Helen,' he said lightly.

The Desert Valley Jackson Gregory 1912

He whistled to himself with a look that meant: "You wait, old josher till you get into the Knockery again!"

Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Will Irwin 1910

"Mr. Ditmar's a great josher," Mr. Hale told Janet confidentially as he escorted them into the dining-room.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

"Mr. Ditmar's a great josher," Mr. Hale told Janet confidentially as he escorted them into the dining-room.

The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 2 Winston Churchill 1909

"Mr. Ditmar's a great josher," Mr. Hale told Janet confidentially as he escorted them into the dining-room.

The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

He's a chronic josher, Nutt is, -- always puttin 'up some deep and elaborate game on Mr. Robert, or relatin' by the hour the horse-play stunts he's pulled on others.

Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907

"I don't know who that josher is, but I hate to lose him out of town," confided the orator on the trough to those near him.

The Landloper Holman Day 1900

"A great josher!" that young woman was heard to comment, admiringly.

Jane Cable George Barr McCutcheon 1897

He 'phoned me once about this, but he's such a josher, and it was such wild-eyed lunacy that I thought he was kidding.

Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Herbert Quick 1893