end man
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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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end′ man`
n.
1. a person at one end of a row or line.
2. a performer at either end of the chorus line in a minstrel show who plays the bones or tambourine and banters with the interlocutor.
[1860–65]
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| Noun | 1. | end man - a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor minstrel - a performer in a minstrel show |
| 2. | end man - a man at one end of a row of people rank - a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen" acquaintance, friend - a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family" |
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