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Definition of the day : « punning »
- As in facetious : adj tongue-in-cheek, kidding
- As in joke : verb kid, tease
- The following may be given as an example of a punning epitaph.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 » by Various
- Examples of punning etymologies on names of gods are frequent.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
- The Latin epitaph is a string of punning allusions to his name.
- Extract from : « Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral » by George Worley
- The ‘only Shake-scene’ is a punning denunciation of Shakespeare.
- Extract from : « A Life of William Shakespeare » by Sidney Lee
- Young ladies, especially, should beware of establishing any reputation for punning.
- Extract from : « Social Life » by Maud C. Cooke
- His excellency may say, that the art of punning is dead with Tom.
- Extract from : « The Punster's Pocket-book » by Charles Molloy Westmacott
- The swallow (hirondelle) is the punning cognisance for Arundell.
- Extract from : « Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art » by John Vinycomb
- Some punning verses to 'Sir Peter' are inscribed with the likeness.
- Extract from : « Thackerayana » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- Guinevere, on her part, is equally afflicted with the punning mania.
- Extract from : « A Book of Burlesque » by Willam Davenport Adams
- Here the fallacy rests upon a punning interpretation of "no."
- Extract from : « The Art of Logical Thinking » by William Walker Atkinson