practical joke
Example Sentences
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It took decades, but the plate came to light for what it was — a prank played on a historian by his fellow historians, a practical joke that got way out of hand.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025
Needless to say, the entire episode - which sounds like a youthful practical joke gone wrong, but took place when the candidate was 60 - is odd.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2024
Was it all some kind of practical joke?
From Slate • Mar. 16, 2023
It's almost as if McCarthy was playing some kind of elaborate practical joke.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2023
Then he drifted off in his novel costume, the sergeant’s ultimate practical joke on him.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
