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Webster 1913 Edition

Wit-cracker

Wit′-crackˊer

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Noun.

One who breaks jests; a joker.

[Obs.]

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wit-cracker

WIT-CRACKER

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Noun.

[wit and cracker.] One who breaks jests; a joker. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

wit-cracker

wit-cracker

English

Alternative forms

witcracker

Noun

wit-cracker ‎(plural wit-crackers)

(obsolete) One who breaks jests; a joker.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 5 Scene 4
  
  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.