Example Sentences

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He was played by the low-comedian, who had introduced gags of his own and was on most familiar terms with the pit.

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

The conjurer is a comedian playing the part of a modern magician, but he is not a low-comedian, ready to get a laugh at any price and at the cost of any one else.

From A Book About the Theater by Matthews, Brander

And you were always over-fond of your low-comedian jokes.

From In the Bishop's Carriage by Michelson, Miriam

There was the genial Thomas O'Mally, a low-comedian of genuine ability, whom Hillard knew casually; Smith, a light-comedian; and Worth, a moderately successful barytone to whom Hillard took one of those instant and unaccountable dislikes.

From The Lure of the Mask by Fisher, Harrison

My leading low-comedian writes all his own lyrics—extraordinarily adequate little man.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 23, 1914 by Various