Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A secret stroke or sarcasm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A secret or side stroke, as of
raillery orsarcasm .
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Examples
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"I mak 'no doobt he thowt it was a by-wipe," thought Gubblum.
A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Hall Caine 1892
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