Chapter VII · Chapter 7

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a proposal for an appropriate course of action

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

in the past

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ JOKES--THEIR ORIGIN, PEDIGREE, AND APPROPRIATION.

(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

plural of “anticipation” — an expectation

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

money set aside (as by a legislature) for a specific purpose

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ JOKES--THEIR ORIGIN, PEDIGREE, AND APPROPRIATION.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

a mark to indicate a direction or relation

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

plural of “artist” — a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

the act of creating written works

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

harassment especially of a tethered animal

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

strike violently

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

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From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a fractional monetary unit of several countries

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

plural of “claimant” — someone who claims a benefit or right or title

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

plural of “class” — a collection of things sharing a common attribute

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

an event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

carefully weighed

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

plural of “contributor” — someone who contributes (or promises to contribute) a sum of money

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

the state of owing something (especially money)

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

one or the other of two

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

be identical or equivalent to

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

divisible by two

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

to certain extent or degree

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

having or given a form or shape

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

promote the growth of

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

come to pass

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

incapability of existing or occurring

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

plural of “improvement” — a change for the better; progress in development

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

enclosed in the same envelope or package

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

third-person singular of “invoke” — summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

plural of “joke” — a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ JOKES--THEIR ORIGIN, PEDIGREE, AND APPROPRIATION.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

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From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

the collection of rules imposed by authority

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

engage in

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

take in marriage

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a form of address for a man

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

amounting to a large indefinite number

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

emotionally hurt or upset or annoyed

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ JOKES--THEIR ORIGIN, PEDIGREE, AND APPROPRIATION.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

the descendants of one individual

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ JOKES--THEIR ORIGIN, PEDIGREE, AND APPROPRIATION.

for each

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

plural of “person” — a human being

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a customary way of operation or behavior

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

a copy of a printed work offered for distribution

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

deliver a quick blow to

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ JOKES--THEIR ORIGIN, PEDIGREE, AND APPROPRIATION.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

force (someone) to have sex against their will

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

provided with a secure reputation

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

an event that repeats

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

plural of “repetition” — an event that repeats

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

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From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

showing a seam

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

the act of causing something to go (especially messages)

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

an officer (as of a legislature or court) who maintains order and executes commands

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

be standing; be upright

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _PUNCH'S_ JOKES--THEIR ORIGIN, PEDIGREE, AND APPROPRIATION.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

not fastened together

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

not known

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

which person or people

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading These two classes are not numerous; but they are, and have for years formed, a little body of bright-witted, laughter-loving persons, to whom _Punch_ and _Punch_ readers are under an equal debt of gratitude.

combining clever conception and facetious expression

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading In this low estimate, of course, are not included the work of the few regular contributors who are recognised, though "unattached," as well as of the others who make a practice of sending every good new joke they hear to such a friend as they may happen to have on the Staff.

Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.

From this reading It may fairly be said that not three per cent.--probably not one per cent.--of the jokes sent in to _Punch_ "from outside" are worthy either of publication as they stand, or even of being considered raw material for manipulation by the editor or his artists.

a late time of life

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "The Unknown Man"--Jokes from Scotland--"Bang went Saxpence"--"Advice to Persons about to Marry"--Claimants and True Authorship--Origin of some of _Punch's_ Jokes and Pictures--Contributors of Witty Things--A Grim Coincidence--"I Used Your Soap Two Years Ago"--Charles Keene Offended--The Serjeant-at-Arms and Mr. Furniss's Beetle--Mr. Birket Foster and Mr. Andrew Tuer--Plagiarism and Repetition--The Seamy Side of Joke-editing--_Punch_ Invokes the Law--Rape of Mrs. Caudle--_Sturm und Drang_--Plagiarism or Coincidence?--Anticipations of the "Puppet-Show" and "The Arrow"--Of Joe Miller--And Others--_Punch_-baiting--Impossibility of Joke-identification--Repetitions and Improvements.