| 1. | a book of jokes. |
| 2. | an old, familiar joke; chestnut. |
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| 1. | Arthur, 1915–2005, U.S. playwright and novelist. |
| 2. | Glenn, 1904–44, U.S. dance bandleader and trombonist. |
| 3. | Henry, 1891–1980, U.S. novelist. |
| 4. | Joa⋅quin [wah-keen] , (Cincinnatus Heine Miller), 1841–1913, U.S. poet. |
| 5. | Joe (Joseph or Josias Miller), 1684–1738, English actor, after whom Joe Miller's Jestbook was named. |
| 6. | Merton Howard, 1923–2000, U.S. economist: Nobel prize 1990. |
| 7. | William, 1782–1849, U.S. religious leader: founder of the Adventist Church. |