endman
English
Noun
endman (plural endmen)
- A man at one end of a row or line.
- One who takes the most advanced or extreme view of anything; an extremist.
- (obsolete, music) A type of stock character common in American minstrel shows, occurring in pairs, and distinguished by exchanging jokes in between skits and songs.
- 1904: "When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town" by William Jerome
- I don't like the Minstrel folks, and I doesn't care for the endmen's jokes;
I has no use for the musical mokes, and I don't like a circus clown […]
- I don't like the Minstrel folks, and I doesn't care for the endmen's jokes;
- 1904: "When Mr. Shakespeare comes to town" by William Jerome
References
- 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.)
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