gagman
Americannoun
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gagmen
plural
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a person who writes comic material for public performers.
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a comedian who uses a patter of jokes and funny remarks.
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Origin of gagman
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“As hard as it is to find anything at the Pentagon,” the veteran gagman quipped, “they finally found a sense of humor.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2018
His next-door neighbor, Augie Poole, wants the magazine to buy his cartoons, but Augie can’t draw very well — he’s “a third-rate artist in whom a first-rate gagman was trying to claw his way out.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2015
Here was a master craftsman of the one-liner to rival the great American gagman Emo Phillips.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2012
When it is really silly, the dumbness can be disarming, as it was with Nauman's predecessor, the American Dada gagman Man Ray.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like few other comedians, he can function as master of ceremonies before a dinner of titans and financiers and never seem to be just a fast-talking gagman rung in for the night.
From Time Magazine Archive
But not a single top-rank U.S. comedian could get by for long without his stable of gagmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the 1940s he gained a wide following as one of the three gagmen who tried to tell funnier stories than the radio audience of Can You Top This?
From Time Magazine Archive
The take: $630,000, out of which Benny pays for an orchestra, announcer, gagmen and his cast, leaving a gratifying net before taxes of some $350,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
But good gagmen are rare and once an artist gets his hands on one he keeps him captive if he can.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of his seven current gagmen, one, Norman Sullivan, has been with Hope for 30 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
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