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CORNER MAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corner man mean?
• CORNER MAN (noun)
The noun CORNER MAN has 1 sense:
1. a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor
Familiarity information: CORNER MAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
corner man; end man
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)
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