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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roostersā; ______ not even comparable.
Origin of deadpan
historical usage of deadpan
Deadpan is an Americanism from the 1920s. Around that time, pan was emerging as a slang term meaning āthe face,ā probably due to a similarity in shape to a frying pan. When your face is deadpan, it's expressionless, as if you were dead.
OTHER WORDS FROM deadpan
dead panner, nounWords nearby deadpan
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How to use deadpan in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for deadpan
deadpan
/ (ĖdÉdĖpƦn) /
adjective, adverb
with a deliberately emotionless face or mannerdeadpan humour
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