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Search phrase: pun

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Troilus and CressidaTC II.i.37He would pun thee into shivers with his fist,He would pun thee into shiuers with his fist,

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Hungarian[pun on ‘hungry’] beggarly, thievish
labourhard work, physical toil [with pun on childbirth]
medlarapple-like fruit eaten when its flesh has begun to decay [also: pun on ‘meddler’]
punpound, hammer, batter
understandstand under the force of [with pun on ‘comprehend’]
wort[pun on Evans' pronunciation of ‘word’] cabbage

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Abbreviations...pun’ convention when a word motivates a pun in a later line or a...
...in a later line or a pun refers back to a word in a previous line...

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PUNBASICpun v

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