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for a laugh

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for a laugh

(UK, informal) For no reason other than to be amusing.

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I'm pretty goofy, I'll do anything for a laugh. Cody Linley

Half of me is this wacked-out comedienne who will do anything for a buck and a laugh. Well, at least for a laugh. But the other half is a lot darker, sadder and more pensive. It's the dark side that feeds the outrageousness and allows it to surface. I think that's true for anyone with comic flair. Faith Prince

You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may or may not come six months later, but you're working in a vacuum at the time you are doing it. Theodore Bikel

If you play comedic scenes like they're really serious, then it's so much more funny than if you're going for a laugh. Patton Oswalt

Here in the Netherlands there are towns that take part in the throwing of toilet bowls for a laugh. Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh. Bob Uecker

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