单词 | payoff line |
释义 | > as lemmaspayoff line payoff line n. the punchline or dénouement of a joke, story, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > punchline tag line1926 boffo1934 payoff line1934 zinger1970 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) i. 16 And they always knew when to laugh, even when it was a Catholic joke, because Reilly signalled the pay-off line by slapping his leg just before it was delivered. 1944 W. H. Auden For Time Being (1945) 80 The pay-off lines of limericks in which The weak resentful bar-fly shows his sting. 1995 Empire Nov. 128/3 This straight-to-video schlocker stars Stella Stevens as a zombie gran dispatching her unpleasant progeny while cackling ever feebler pay-off lines. < as lemmas |
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