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- noun Plural form of
josher .
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Examples
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"I'd like to make a strike, b'God! if it was only to get the laugh on them joshers."
McTeague 1920
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When the two defeated joshers paused inside the Payson gate, a scene of touching domesticity met their gaze.
Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Will Irwin 1910
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Cap. Smith, a 'Varsity man, and Pellams Chase, greatest of all joshers.
Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University Will Irwin 1910
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The world was full of joshers -- Jack knew half a dozen men capable of playing that trick, just to turn the joke.
The Lookout Man B. M. Bower 1905
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"I'd like to make a strike, b'God! if it was only to get the laugh on them joshers."
McTeague 1899
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"I'd like to make a strike, b'God! if it was only to get the laugh on them joshers."
McTeague Frank Norris 1886
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Skeezicks, the Frenchman, had turned upon the joshers.
The Octopus : A story of California Frank Norris 1886
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Political commentary is so toxic that if they are truly a public service, they would take great pains to use credible sources, and call torture, torture. joshers:
Balloon Juice 2009
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Say, do you think those joshers can do anything? "
An Amiable Charlatan 1906
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