Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - joker
Joker
joker
n. 1 a person who jokes. 2 sl. a fellow; a man. 3 a playing-card usu. with a figure of a jester, used in some games esp. as a wild card. 4 US a clause unobtrusively inserted in a bill or document and affecting its operation in a way not immediately apparent. 5 an unexpected factor or resource. Phrases and idioms the joker in the pack an unpredictable factor or participant.
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noun Date: 1729 1. a person given to joking ; wag, fellow, guy, a playing card added to a pack as a wild card or as the highest-ranking card, 3. a. an ambiguous or apparently immaterial clause inserted in a legislative bill to make it inoperative or uncertain in some respect, an unsuspected, misleading, or misunderstood clause, phrase, or word in a document that nullifies or greatly alters it, something (as an expedient or stratagem) held in reserve to gain an end or escape from a predicament, an unsuspected or not readily apparent fact, factor, or condition that thwarts or nullifies a seeming advantage ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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