thigh-slapper

thigh-slapper

A hilarious joke, especially one that evokes loud and prolonged laughter. My uncle told me a real thigh-slapper the other day! Do you want to hear it?
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a knee-slapper
  • slapper
  • gales of laughter
  • howl with laughter
  • fall about with laughter
  • I'm dead
  • shake with laughter
  • shake with laughter, to
  • tearjerker
  • tear-jerker
References in periodicals archive
She slaps her thigh, like the old thigh-slapper she is.
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