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butt of a joke

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butt of a joke
the reason for or aim of a joke, especially when it is a person. Poor Fred was the butt of every joke told that evening.
See also: butt, joke
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Byline: Terence Villiers I AM outraged at Liverpool fans using my town as the butt of a joke to insult other football fans.
Letter: You Say - Sock it to the Kopites by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Next in the firing line are those with regional accents, with 87 per cent saying they had been the butt of a joke.
See red at ginger hair jibes by The Mirror (London, England)
The singer walked out in disgust when his wife Chantelle was made the butt of a joke by host Simon Amstell.
Preston storms off TV quiz show by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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