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end man
end man
noun
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.
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism
1860–65, Americanism
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End man
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| end man | |
noun | |
| 1. | a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor |
| 2. | a man at one end of a row of people |
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