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one-liner
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one-linĀ·er (wnlnr)
n.
A short joke or witticism, usually expressed in a single sentence.

one-liner
n
Informal a short joke or witty remark or riposte
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Noun1.one-liner - a one-line joke
gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
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one-liner [ˌwʌnˈlaɪnəʳ] Nchiste m breve


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The comedian, best known for his work on Radio Four, is back with another of his one-man shows, Milton's Paradise Jones, full of one-liners that start off in one direction and then jack-knife to a punchline.
In order to see the flaws in your approach, you may ask a friend whom you trust to give you an objective view on how you fare with those one-liners.
Sidhu, a popular TV commentator known for witty one-liners known as 'Sidhuisms', is seeking a hat-trick of wins from the Sikh holy city of Amritsar on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket.
 
 
 
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