Citations:jest


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * God forbid that I should jest (although I smiled) in this matter, or that I should accuse any falsely! I will give you a further discovery of him.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * For, the people who were shovelling away on the housetops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowball — better-natured missile far than many a wordy jest — laughing heartily if it went right and not less heartily if it went wrong.