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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Fun.
 
To make fun of. To make a butt of; to ridicule; to play pranks on one. (Compare Irish fonn, delight.)   1
   Like fun. Thoroughly, energetically, with delight.   2
       
“On’y look at the dimmercrats, see what they’ve done,
Jest simply by stickin’ together like fun.”
       
Lowell: Biglow Papers (First series iv. stanza 5).
 


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