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CORNER MAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor
Synonyms:
corner man; end man
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("corner man" is a kind of...):
minstrel (a performer in a minstrel show)
Holonyms ("corner man" is a member of...):
minstrel show (a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes)