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(noun) playful repartee; banter

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badinage



apparently quite as comfortable with badinage as with mourning

—p.19 by Guy de Maupassant
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1 year, 7 months ago


I attempted to provoke him to another display of brilliant badinage, but found no response

—p.9 by Simone de Beauvoir
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3 months, 2 weeks ago


Jim had ordered something or other. He had exchanged badinage with the waitress.

—p.28 My Heart Belongs to Bertie (25) by Helen DeWitt
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3 years, 2 months ago


the talky badinage-based humor of his circle of clowns

—p.145 Subtle Bodies (143) by Norman Rush
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6 years, 6 months ago