quipster

• A quipster, harping on Mr. Lincoln's abnormal tallness, had the mishap to draw upon himself some quizzing; the President putting the non plus on him by asking How long, then, ought a man's legs to be The answer was given by the sphinx Long enough to reach from his body to the ground LONG METER. —  The Lincoln Story Book
• Both the boys were nice too, although Ricky, a bit of a quipster, was introduced each week as "irrepressible."
• NEW YORK - Eugene Morris Jerome is quite the quipster. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
• NEW YORK (AP) - Eugene Morris Jerome is quite the quipster.
• There are also three business majors, one Hoosier, one New Zealander and a keep-'em-loose quipster named Zach Hernan, a midfielder from Youngstown, Ohio.

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