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Literature · Humor
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VI. (of X.) 15
Part 3 · Chapter 4
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You drop a pretty jeu-de-mot
Into a neighbor's ears,
Who likes to give you credit for
The clever thing he hears,
And so he hawks your jest about,
The old, authentic one,
Just breaking off the point of it,
And leaving out the pun!
Spotted a mistake or have an idea?
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