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standing jokes

standing jokes is the plural of standing joke.

Meaning of standing joke

Noun

standing joke (plural standing jokes)

  1. A customary laughing matter amongst a group of people.
    • The two aunts laughed heartily, too, for Gabriel's solicitude was a standing joke with them.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 223

Questions about standing jokes

What is standing jokes the plural of?
Standing jokes is the plural of standing joke.

Words near standing jokes in the dictionary

  1. standing in someone's shoes
  2. standing in the gap
  3. standing in the gate
  4. standing in the way
  5. standing joke
  6. standing jokes
  7. standing mile
  8. standing miles
  9. standing O
  10. standing off
  11. standing on

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