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noun

comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.

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Origin of low comedy

First recorded in 1600–10

OTHER WORDS FROM low comedy

low comedian, noun

Words nearby low comedy

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How to use low comedy in a sentence

This is comedy based on a cold humor, detached, euphemistic, devoid of any generosity.
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The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
How Pulp Fiction Saved Literature|Wendy Smith|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Fleshy breasts taunted him from low bikini tops, and fleshy thighs sloped from bikini bottoms.
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Was that a transitional moment for you from music to comedy?
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“He has to really stay on the down low, he has to make sure that he blends in,” Ney told the Beast.
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In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
It is low in chronic interstitial nephritis, diabetes insipidus, and many functional nervous disorders.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
In pneumonia chlorids are constantly very low, and in some cases are absent entirely.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Suddenly she stopped laughing, and said in a low voice, "You don't happen to have a beefsteak about you, do you?"
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl

British Dictionary definitions for low comedy

low comedy

noun

comedy characterized by slapstick and physical action

Derived forms of low comedy

low comedian, noun

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