The Only Use
witticism
in
Animal Farm
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- Here it became apparent that Mr. Pilkington was about to spring some carefully prepared witticism on the company, but for a moment he was too overcome by amusement to be able to utter it.†
p. 138.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(witticism) a clever, funny remark
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)