| 释义 |
end man in American English 1. a man at the end of a row 2. US in a minstrel show, the comic performer at each end of the first row, for whom the interlocutor serves as a foil end man in American Englishnoun1. 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 Word origin [1860–65, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Paleolithic, blind spot, jumping jack, mutualism, prep |