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wit-crackers

wit-crackers is the plural of wit-cracker.

Meaning of wit-cracker

Noun

wit-cracker (plural wit-crackers)

  1. (obsolete) One who makes jests; a joker.
    • DON PEDRO. How dost thou, Benedick, the married man?
      BENEDICK. I'll tell thee what, prince; a college of wit-crackers cannout flout me out of my humour.1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about wit-crackers

What is wit-crackers the plural of?
Wit-crackers is the plural of wit-cracker.

Words near wit-crackers in the dictionary

  1. wit'cho
  2. wit'cho'
  3. wit'choo
  4. wit's end
  5. wit-cracker
  6. wit-crackers
  7. wit-cracking
  8. wit-monger
  9. wit-mongers
  10. wit-wanton
  11. wit-wantons

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