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Men and women alike fled from their miserable homes to the ale-house, where they drank long draughts of cheap ale, and, in imitation of their superiors in station, listened to a low class of "japers" who recited

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Various

Eleven of the japers & jokesters have been arrested after being stopped in an APC, wearing police uniforms.

March with a noisy protest Bas Bleu 2009

Eleven of the japers & jokesters have been arrested after being stopped in an APC, wearing police uniforms.

Archive 2009-03-29 Bas Bleu 2009

"Hote pyes, hote!" pardoners, pilgrims, preachers, beggars, janglers who will not work, japers and "mynstralles" that sell "glee."

A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Jean Jules Jusserand

At their games and feasts and over their ale men were wont to hear tales and verses. 9.1 The tale-tellers were usually professional wayfaring entertainers: "japers and ` mynstralles 'that sell ` glee,'" as the scald sang his lays before King Hygelac and roused Beowulf to slay Grendel --

Old English Libraries; The Making, Collection and Use of Books During the Middle Ages 1911

"A snake, be japers!" was the conjecture that dropped from the ship-carpenter's lips, while the same thought occurred simultaneously to the others; for they could think of no living thing, other than a serpent, capable of sending forth such a sibilant sound as that just heard.

The Castaways Mayne Reid 1850

"Aisy," said the fellow who had fired first, pulling out a long Spanish dagger; "an inch or two of this is as safe as a bullet, any day; and by japers he won't escape it."

The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

No, by japers, we'd make a clane sweep of it; and when sich a man as Purcel becomes

The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

I'm going back to my usual Cif haunts where rabid racists, homophobes and foaming flog-'em types seem like jolly japers compared to some of this lot.

The Guardian World News 2010

Read on to see why Rovell's such a fan of the promos, and by all means send us your pics of the ads as you spot 'em around town (japers dot rink at gmail dot com).

Japers' Rink 2008