| 单词 | punster |
| 例句 | If you’d like to try to join the best punsters alive Submit to my dominion...and cull your jokes to 25. Style Invitational Week 1378: It’s (emergency) Parody Time 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z It also includes inane subplots, fake friars, punster tapsters and a tiresome denouement. Review: In ‘Measure for Measure,’ Desperately Seeking Solutions in a Problem Play 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z Flip was tall and skinny and dark-haired, a notorious punster and inventive cook. The Countess and the Schoolboy 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Brooke, delighted with language and exploring all its possibilities, is a helpless punster. Books of The Times: ?There but for the,? by Ali Smith - Review 2011-10-18T20:34:14Z Steinfeldt is a punster — “not stupid dad puns,” he assured me — who competed onstage at the Pun-Off World Championships in Austin. Creativity may be key to healthy aging. Here are ways to stay inspired. 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z A punster, he says at one point to the female servant who had attended to Jacob, “Lispeth, I think you’ve stepped in sacrament. Come, show us the bottoms of your shoes.” Review | In Ottessa Moshfegh’s ‘Lapvona,’ alienation turns to violence 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Beyond a committed art public, of course, Dada punster Duchamp’s name wouldn’t ring many bells. What would Baldessari do? A good question for the end of a terrible year 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z An inveterate punster, she once fulfilled a saxophone commission with “Saxual Orientation.” How gay feminist composer Pauline Oliveros taught us to hear with more than ears 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z As an occasional punster, it strikes me as lazy and awkward. Sprint is dead. Long live Sprint 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z Bet you didn’t think the NFL was a league of such punsters and wordsmiths. Ask Farmer: Whatever happened to “Hut?” - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z That may account both for the reaction that puns get from listeners—the groan suggesting that the punster ought to know better—but also for their popularity. Why English is such a great language for puns 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z On this tour, his specialty was off-centered punster. Beer makes southern Delaware a destination 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z When the second San Saba man stepped up to the table and said his name was Horace Lookingbill, the punster christened him “Mr. Peeping Beak.” Pun times, academy gave way to disease in Pontotoc 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z He was not only an admirable poet, but was a famous punster, and is described as possessing an admirable fund of humour. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-23T02:00:31.657Z Sir G. Rose, the great punster, on observing someone imitating his gait, said, "You have the stalk without the rose." Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z Throughout “Away With Words” punsters, comedy writers and academics offer their own standards for how to tell a good pun from a bad one. Why English is such a great language for puns 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The loyal divine was himself a wicked punster. Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z Some punster will say, respecting oleaster, that it is olea sterilis. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 103, October 18, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-15T03:00:31.720Z A punster might have entitled him Pontifex Maximus; but this would have been still worse for his reputation. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z “On the eve of his execution, as he lay ironed, awaiting the next morning’s mangling,” continues the inveterate punster, “in a happy moment of enthusiasm, he composed the waltz that bears his name.” John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 2011-07-10T02:00:25.223Z And the punster points with pride To the frieze you get outside! The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) 2011-06-29T02:00:30.303Z “Give ’em grape, instead of grapes,” put in the punster. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Byron was an inveterate punster and writer of burlesques of no value. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z "A punster would say, I had shot up into his acquaintance." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z Anna is getting to be a regular punster, although I told her that Blair’s Rhetoric says that punning is not the highest kind of wit. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl D'Israeli, in his "Curiosities of Literature," records that "It is certain that Cicero was an inveterate punster; and he seems to have been more ready with them than with repartees." The Handbook of Conundrums An incurable punster says they doubtlessly derived this strength from Gymn-aztecs, from whom it probably descended in a straight line. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) George D. Prentice of the “Journal,” Louisville editor and punster, Called the tragical encounter Very Grave, un Wise, and Cilley. The Song of Lancaster, Kentucky to the statesmen, soldiers, and citizens of Garrard County. In his dual character of a writer and comic artist, Crowquill was an inveterate punster. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. I should say he condescended to be a punster, if condescension had been a word befitting wisdom like his. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Pope, Hood, Lamb, and Holmes are the names of some whose punning arraignments of puns and punsters make them at once judges and prisoners at the bar. The Handbook of Conundrums I suppose this pun must be considered legitimate, otherwise Horace was an indifferent punster. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The pun is perfect, but the real proprietor64 is Mr. Poole, one of the best punsters as well as one of the cleverest comic writers and finest satirists of the day. Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches The punster is a low person, who refers to the awkwardness of the seal's gait by speaking of his not having his seal-legs, although a mariner or a sealubber, as he might express it. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly "Oh," replied the punster, "I consider it a capital make shift." The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. The poems of Thomas Hood, the "king of punsters," abound in puns, and the sort of wit, subtle or broad, which may be expressed in puns. The Handbook of Conundrums Those who have misgivings should ask a sailor; he knows, for the punsters assure us that he has been to sea. Moon Lore Do not be a professed jester nor yet a punster. The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men He is friendly to man: providing the journalist with copy, the diplomatist with lying practice, and the punster with shocking opportunities. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly He was a poor Hart that often rejoiced, and if he was not the best painter in the world, he was just about the worst punster. Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 "Near enough for a pun, and much nearer than modern punsters often get it," continued Mr. Mapps. Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Hood was one of the most ingenious of punsters; and in his ballad, "Faithless Nelly Gray," the wit of each stanza is found in a pun. Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism He was cartoonist, too, in a small way, in the second, third, and fourth volumes of Punch; but his chief merit lay in his jeux de mots, for he was a good punster. The History of "Punch" Luckily, Sir Ranulph," said the incurable punster, "it was merely the outer coats that your sword passed through; the inner remains uninjured, so that you did not act as my conveyancer to eternity. Rookwood But as a punster Hood is merely unsurpassable. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation Frank Wells was, par éminence, the greatest punster Philadelphia ever produced. Memoirs These buoys, so large that they were facetiously called “men” by the punster of the ship, are painted a brilliant scarlet, which makes them a conspicuous feature of the sea-scape. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route For himself, he showed his chief strength as a punster of extraordinary ability; probably no one before him ever tied so many and such elaborate knots in his mother-tongue as he. The History of "Punch" "Probably clerks who have taken Priest's orders," said Mr. Poole, one of the best punsters as well as one of the cleverest comic satirists of the day. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Kore is also a punster who makes abominable puns; these amuse nobody except, perhaps, himself. The Red Horizon One can fancy that Dr. Buchanan is inclined to think, with Dr. Johnson, that a punster is as bad as a pickpocket. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities The conversation was generally listless and often desultory; and occasionally there would arise the great and terrible evil of a punster whom every one hated but no one had life enough to put down. Phineas Redux Mr. Burnand, probably the most prolific punster of the age, once wrote to a contributor, "For goodness' sake, send no more puns; they have all been made!" The History of "Punch" "I wonder if Brougham thinks as much as he talks," Said a punster perusing a trial; "I vow, since his lordship was made Baron Vaux, He's been Vaux et præterea nihil." The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings That learned monarch was himself a tolerable punster, and made very few bishops or privy-councillors that had not sometime or other signalized themselves by a clinch or a conundrum. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour His lighter pieces, exhibiting his skill as a wit and punster, soon became well known and popular. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader Why were punsters ever invented, or family parties either? Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." Hood—incorrigible punster—who had his jest at everything, jested at romance. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century Daniel Purcell, the famous punster, was desired to make a pun extempore. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings Thomas Hood.—The greatest humorist, the best punster, and the ablest satirist of his age, Hood attacked the social evils around him with such skill and power that he stands forth as a philanthropist. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Saxe was "the handsome, herculean punster," and so on with many others. Memories and Anecdotes A roar of pun-protesting groans filled the cavern, and as several of the boys arose in attitudes of vengeance, the punster made a dive for the exit and disappeared beyond the blanket portiere. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds N.B.—Well worthy the attention of sporting and other punsters. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 27, 1841 “I wonder if Brougham thinks as much as he talks,” Said a punster perusing a trial: “I vow, since his lordship was made Baron Vaux, He’s been Vaux et præterea nihil!” Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 5, 1841 “Yes,” replied that gallant punster; “his Lordship is at length convinced that his talents will be better employed in the management of the Home than the Colonial department.” Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 The train starts every Saturday morning, under the guidance of an experienced punster. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 24, 1841 A reckless punster once remarked to me, apropos of English novels, that ‘the proof of the padding is in the eating,’ and certainly English fiction has been very heavy—heavy with the best intentions. Reviews In talking with friends the common plea that I have heard for homophones is their usefulness to the punster. Society for Pure English, Tract 02 On English Homophones The ending -ster had then lost its force as a feminine suffix; it has none now in the words huckster, gamester, trickster, punster. An English Grammar Shortly after his arrival Biancolelli gave quite a new reading to the character of Arlechino, as he made him not only a wit and punster, but also a bit of a philosopher. A History of Pantomime This objectionable fashion of punning on gravestones was formerly much in vogue in England, and such a prominent official as the clerk did not escape the attention of the punsters. The Parish Clerk Dissertations: to a meddling person, subject, "The Busybody"; to a poor punster, subject, "Diseased Razors"; to a poor scholar, subject, "Flunk on,—flunk ever." A Collection of College Words and Customs Afterwards they made such a record that the jokers and punsters of the day—for such there were, even among those sombre Puritans—in writing about the "Praying Indians," spelled praying with an e. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty I have heard him described as an "incarnate pun," but that hardly did him justice; punster he was, but he had a wit of a far higher kind and moods of grave dignity. The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe There is no greater nuisance in society than a dull and persevering punster. Routledge's Manual of Etiquette The Mistral it appears," said one pitiful punster, "has been incarnated in a poem. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays It is the business of the punster to discover and yoke together two words, which, while they have some resemblance in sound, the more exact the better, convey a totally different signification. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Gregory the great was a punster, as appears from an anecdote related of him, and which gave the first impulse to his exertions to promulgate Christianity in this country. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 393, October 10, 1829 Of these, Graham, bright, witty, versatile, the most notorious of punsters and the most illegible of writers, was his chief intimate, and their friendship continued unbroken and close for half a century. Principal Cairns Hence-forth, he was more thought of as a profound poet than as the greatest of mimes, jesters, and punsters. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 Ah, punster, would my lot were cast, Where the cobbler is unknown, So that I might forget his last And hear your own. The Devil's Dictionary There was fine water, and an interesting tradition; and as the parties always bring, or always should bring, a trained punster, champagne, and cold pasties, what more ought Nature to have provided? Vivian Grey I have heard a waspish punster say, "Sir, why did you not laugh at my jest?" The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 As punsters, his dear friend Lamb and himself were inimitable. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 An inveterate punster, though his play upon words may rise to the keenest wit, is yet an insufferable bore. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. Men, who the punster would say in the dewy twilight or still moonlight, are _pie_ously all for soul, but who in the raw early afternoon are _sole_ly all for pie. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense As a punster he is unrivalled, and some of his serious poems are exquisitely tender and pathetic. The Canadian Elocutionist When they had told him: "I've rawly heard of thee," quoth the royal punster, who sought by such atrocities of speech to be acclaimed a wit. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series Some men carry things to extremes; I wouldn't myself like to be a punster in toto, but only now and then to have a finger in one. Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs A punster would say that he was oxidised, at once. The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 For the same reason, schoolmasters are commonly punsters. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. And lastly—oh! shame of the shuffle-tongued—he was, too, a punster. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 "A confirmed punster is as great a bore as a patronizing moralist." Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women 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) Among the directions to the punster is this:— Rule 3. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Miss Humphries was, as a punster put it, "always admired at the bar by the bar." Inns and Taverns of Old London Hook was a disgraceful punster, and a successful one. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 He is now a London magistrate, and PAR EXCELLENCE, the punster of "Punch." The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe I have no doubt I deprived that man of a great deal of happiness; for if anything is disappointing to a punster, it is not seeing his joke. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) The workhouses were crowded with politicians, critics, poets, novelists, bishops, sporting tipsters, scholars, heirs, soldiers, dudes, painters, journalists, peers, bookmakers, landlords, punsters, idealists, and other incorrigible persons. Without Prejudice Miss Di is an inveterate punster, so she returns to the charge. Nature and Human Nature "I beg pardon, my lord," answered the undisconcerted punster; "but Graam will suit the circumstance, too—it signifies tribulation in the High Dutch, and your lordship must be considered as a man under trouble." The Fortunes of Nigel Some vile punsters called it an attempt to put a Kid glove on the iron hand of Nature. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 He was at his wits' end, although you must be clever if you can perceive the wits' end of a punster. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) It furnished punsters with a joke, however, which went the round of several papers; this poem, they cried, is well named, for who would bind it? Percy Bysshe Shelley He may have meant to write much, and wishing to be a friend to his country, meant also to deprive punsters of the opportunity of calling him a Foe. An Essay Upon Projects A diplomat, as well as a punster already! The Elevator That learned monarch was himself a tolerable punster, and made very few bishops or Privy Councillors that had not some time or other signalised themselves by a clinch, or a conundrum. Essays and Tales He was a good natural punster, and endowed with a lively wit. The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton) He was so unfortunate as to have a name which was an excellent mark for the learned punsters of his university. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 It was not a very good pun, which the great punster then made. Roundabout Papers The two came out, and the plastered Italian went to the stables: the melancholy punster conducted Henry into the arena, and stood beside him like Patience on a monument. Put Yourself in His Place Probably from the fact that we are 'engaged,' suggested Barnum, the inveterate punster. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum In that year we took up bacteriology, the "bug-bear" as one punster put it, of the school. The Foundations of Personality |
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