practical joke
Example Sentences
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She freezes and stares at each of us, as if trying to decide whether this is an elaborate practical joke.
From Literature
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Now the 26-year-olds, from Liverpool, have turned their passion for practical jokes into their dream careers.
From BBC
Even at the Evening Sun into the early ’90s, we played practical jokes on one another.
From Salon
“I’m a prisoner of my own practical joke,” he said.
“The Magic Christian” is about a millionaire who uses his money to set up a series of elaborate and vicious practical jokes to demonstrate that everyone has his price.
From Salon
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