punster

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A lady-punster is a most unpleasing phenomenon, and we would advise no young woman, however witty she may be, to cultivate this kind of verbal talent Long arguments in general company, however entertaining to the disputants, are tiresome to the last degree to all others.

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  1. noun A maker of puns.

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  • There was once an old fox-hunting squire whose ambition was to be known as a punster. —  The Reminiscences Of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)
  • This was not an evil to be cured by the accession of our Scottish James, whose qualifications as a punster were at least equal to his boasted king-craft. —  The Dramatic Works of John Dryden Vol. I
  • I've come to feel about spector [sic] the way the punster (iirc) feels about liarman …. tho 'liarman will forever remain on the "not fit to be a human being" list as well. —  Firedoglake
  • In my crowd, this means that for the next 15 minutes, everyone will try and one up the punster, and there will be no getting out alive. —  January Magazine
  • Moore further etches out his version of Bond as a lethal punster-cum-foppish action hero to enjoyable effect. —  Filmcritic.com Movie Reviews
 

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/ˈpənstər/
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