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The phrase "a small joke" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a light-hearted or minor humorous remark or anecdote.
Example: "During the meeting, she shared a small joke that lightened the mood and made everyone smile."
Alternatives: "a little joke" or "a minor joke".
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"O.K., it's a small joke.
Mr. Gates also made a small joke.
It was a small joke from the new Argentine pope.
When he spoke, it was usually to repeat a remark or to make a small joke.
Colin cracks a small joke about his suit and the whole coterie laughs.
The tension in the dugout was at high tide again, and Yankees Manager Joe Torre tried a small joke.
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Her fluff-headedness is established, a small laugh obtained; end of joke.
This is a nice, small joke that provides a few grace notes of levity in what is otherwise a lugubrious exercise in spiritual bushwa.
CYCLING — Not very good at this, so I thought maybe I could make team by coming out on a really small "joke" bicycle.
Don't lie, even for a simple, small joke.
Ryan Boorne and Greta Hodgkinson blessedly treated a small ballet joke as pure dance in the fourth section.
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