low comedy
noun
comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.
low comedian
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a word derived from
low comedy.
Example Sentences
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“He’s a great low comedian and a sophisticated satirist — that’s a great combo platter.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2017
The low comedian marries the heiress, and everybody heads for the happy ever afterward.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Dickens' attitude toward pregnancy and childbirth was "outwardly unsympathetic and often that of a low comedian."
From Time Magazine Archive
He bids fair to be an excellent low comedian of a certain cast.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
He was a first-rate low comedian who never overdid his part.
From The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by J. M. (Joseph Maria) Gordon
