Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The person on whom a jest is passed.
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Examples
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And Sterne says that there is as great a difference between the memory of jester and jestee as between the purse of the mortgager and mortgagee.
History of English Humour, Vol. 2 (of 2) Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange 1873
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