jokelet

The jokelet, curiously enough, had already been printed in "Mark Lemon's Jest-Book," and was so far a classic that it is to be found in the "Arlequina" of 1694.

The History of "Punch" M. H. Spielmann

The serene old gentleman feels the pulse, with his head reflectively on one side, -- tells his little jokelet about Sir Astley Cooper, or some other worthy of the profession, -- shakes his fat sides with a cheery laugh, -- "And now, my dear," he says, "let us look at the tongue.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various