From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe one about ...the one about ...spokenJOKE a joke or humorous story Have you heard the one about the chicken who tried to cross the road? → one
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the one about ...• Did you read the one about his Christmas cards?• He says his favourite Monty Python sketch is the one about Jean-Paul Sartre.• And then the one about Mum.• She is still processing his last statement, the one about needing an operation.• They would in fact be applying a test for review not dissimilar to the one about to be examined. 2. 