Smiling, debonair, complacent, the morrow's bridegroom had a careless quip for all and sundry on that last night.
"The Lamp in the Desert"
Ethel M. Dell
Selwyn would turn a quip.
"The Castle Inn"
Stanley John Weyman
Nevertheless, he would attend, now and again, until age began to tell upon him; and his companions love to think of him, clutching his short-stemmed pipe to his mouth, puffing gravely, saying little, thinking much, quick at appreciating a joke, slow at making one, with an eye full of humour, and its lid and corresponding corner of his mouth quickly responsive to any quip or crank that might let fly.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann