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Sense of the ridiculous. (plural)

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  • The most that I could do was to lie back upon my bed, cram my fascinator into my mouth, and struggle to suppress my risibles.
  • This was too much for the lame girl's risibles, and she laughed outright, long and loud, to Peace's secret delight, for when the Lilac
  • I dared not laugh at the child's earnestness, though I had some trouble in controlling my risibles, the aforesaid young officer not having
  • It was with difficulty that Mrs. Harold controlled her risibles, so utterly absurd rather than pathetic was the whole situation, for not one atom of real grief for...
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