squibletn.
rare.
A little squib; a jeu d'esprit.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > lampoon or satire
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satire1509
squibc1525
pasquil1542
pasquinata1592
cockalane1596
pasquinado1600
Pasquin1611
lampoon1645
pasquinade1658
banter1695
jeu d'esprit1712
Dunciad1728
squiblet1820
squibling1884
satirette1894
spoof1958
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > squib > minor
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squibling1884
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 8 123 I enclose you a squiblet which was written when Sir J. E. Smith..made his grand charge on our Botanical Chair.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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