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Dowcip
Dowcip is a joke as a piece of verbal wit: something said to amuse, often clever. It also means the quality of wittiness itself, so dowcip can mean humour in the abstract. Compare kawał, which is a specific set-piece joke you retell.
Examples in context
Opowiedział świetny dowcip o góralach.
He told a great joke about highlanders.
Jego dowcip rozbawił całą salę.
His wit amused the whole room.
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