end man

noun

1. a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor

• Syn: ↑corner man

• Hypernyms: ↑minstrel

• Member Holonyms: ↑minstrel show

2. a man at one end of a row of people

• Hypernyms: ↑acquaintance, ↑friend

• Member Holonyms: ↑rank

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noun

: the last man in a row; especially : the man at each end of the line of performers who with the interlocutor creates the comic repartee of a minstrel show

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1. a man at one end of a row or line.

2. a man at either end of the line of performers of a minstrel troupe, who plays on the bones or tambourine and carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor.

[1860-65, Amer.]

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end man noun

The man at the end of a row of performers, etc

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Main Entry: ↑end

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end man,

1. the man at either end of the line in a minstrel show who carries on a comic conversation with the interlocutor.

2. the man at an end of a line or row.

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n.

1) a man at the end of a row, line, or series

2) historical a man at the end of a line of performers in a minstrel show who engaged in comic repartee with the interlocutor