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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 interlocutorplay

  Familiarity information: CORNER MAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORNER MAN (noun)


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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