jest
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Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it; so that when Men come to be undeceiv'd, it is too late; the Jest is over, and the Tale has had its Effect …
From Salon • May 22, 2021
Burrage and “The Jest of Warburg Tantavul,” in which Seabury Quinn’s Jules de Grandin, “the occult Hercule Poirot,” defies conventional morality to secure a young couple’s happiness.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2020
Jest: LB Frankie Luvu suffered a groin injury and did not return.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2020
Jest Famous, one of the top sophomores at Ruidoso Downs this summer, will make his Los Alamitos debut when he headlines the $25,000 Town Policy Handicap at 400 yards on Saturday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2019
“It’s no town, I guess. Jest a little church near Pittsburg Landing that got caught up in the midst of all the fightin’.”
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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