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Josh Billings   /dʒɑʃ bˈɪlɪŋz/   Listen
Josh Billings

noun
1.
United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885).  Synonyms: Henry Wheeler Shaw, Shaw.






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... "Petroleum V. Nasby" cultivated grotesque orthography in a characteristic vein of wit; and with more quaintness and drollery Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885) and Charles Farrar Browne (1834-1867), known as "Josh Billings" and "Artemus Ward," won immense popularity which extended to England. These latter writers were men of Northern birth, but of Western and wandering journalistic experience as a rule. Their works make up a body of what is known as "American humour," a characteristic native product of social ...
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