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English
Noun
wit-cracker (plural wit-crackers)
- (obsolete) One who makes jests; a joker.
1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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.
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