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thigh-slapper

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Noun1.thigh-slapper - a joke that seems extremely funnythigh-slapper - a joke that seems extremely funny    
howler, sidesplitter, wow, belly laugh, riot, scream
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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This was before stand-up comedy had been invented, and, in context, it was an absolute thigh-slapper.
Needling the brass by Crombie, Roger / Risk & Insurance
Then it became a bit of a thigh-slapper before escalating into the realms of the uproarious.
Football: THE PLOT SICKENS; TYNECASTLE IN TURMOIL... Pressley affair ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
The real thigh-slapper came, though, when The Money Programme interviewer asked him about cartoon or, as its peddlers prefer to call it, virtual racing.
PAUL HAIGH: Derby Day? Spot the man seeking some virtual fun by The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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