laugh line

noun

, Informal.

1. crow's-foot ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of laugh line¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

“Ted Lasso” may be the sweetest show on television, a celebration of healthy masculinity with a high quotient of laugh lines.

From Washington Post

With its charming cast dispensing well-wrought laugh lines, Made for Love goes down easy—but maybe too easy.

From Time

He criticized Obama for riding in a “big gas guzzler” of a plane before an audience that treats climate change as a laugh line.

From The Daily Beast

Not shy about going for the laugh line, she is also deadly serious when the discourse calls for it.

From The Daily Beast