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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
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end man  
n.  
  1. The person at the end of a line or row.

  2. The man in a minstrel show who sits at one end of the company and engages in banter with the interlocutor.

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