Meanings of grim pleasantry in English

Then Gerard appreciated the grim pleasantry of the unbending sire.

And he laughed at his own grim pleasantry.

They showed him a hole in the roof, and called it an "Attic;" grim pleasantry!

The mob testified its affectionate admiration by dubbing him 'Charley,' and remembered with effusion his last grim pleasantry.

Verily, 'wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together,' and the patient laughed again, as though tickled at her own grim pleasantry.

"Of foxes with two legs our friend is speaking, without doubt," said the vicar of St. Ewolds, with an attempt at grim pleasantry.