Careful Words

pun (n.)

pun (v.)

pun (adj.)

  A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.

John Dennis (1657-1734): The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. li. Page 324.

Pun-provoking thyme.

William Shenstone (1714-1763): The Schoolmistress. Stanza 11.