This debate is not about a jolly jape or some small parliamentary strategem.
That is not a jolly jape; it is a serious constituency concern.
I think that they relate to a fantasy playground of childhood, with many japes——a magical and comfortable world.
I assure him that this is no jolly jape.
The novel was considered by many critics, however, as an amusing jape rather than serious satire.
However, this is typically achieved, as jape does, by allowing for code fragments on the right-hand side of the rules.
These japes only do a disservice to the film's many serious allegations.
When 16-year-olds at public school make mistakes, they are called jolly japes.
