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Definition of payoff line in English: payoff linenoun The punchline or dénouement of a joke, story, etc.
Origin 1930s; earliest use found in John O'Hara (1905–1970), novelist and short story writer. Definition of payoff line in US English: payoff linenoun The punchline or dénouement of a joke, story, etc.
Origin 1930s; earliest use found in John O'Hara (1905–1970), novelist and short story writer. |