definitions

end man

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noun

a man at one end of a row or line.
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.

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Nearby words

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Origin of end man

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for end man

  • He had joined a minstrel show somewhere and had become an "end-man."

    Twelve Men|Theodore Dreiser