Good-humor

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Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic American form of good humour. uncountable

    "The speech of Hist produced a retort, and the dispute, though conducted in good-humor, and without any of the coarse violence of tone and l gesture that often impairs the charms of the sex in what is called civilized life, grew warm and slightly clamorous."

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amiabilitygood humorgood humorgood temper

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"It was like an explosion, an exultation of human voice unchained, ebullient with the love of life, savage in its good-humor."

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