stock character
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stock character
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Merely a stock character from what Lewis’s friend and mentor H.L.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
Jharrel Jerome does what he can to add some shading to Smush, to make this stock character his own.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2020
Besson’s filmography mirrors the descent of this stock character so precisely, it could well all be his fault.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 19, 2019
Horvath never becomes much more than a stock character, an unfulfilled mid-century suburban husband.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2019
The book clerk of this view is a familiar figure in the pages of humour, like the talkative barber or the comic Irishman of the vaudeville stage—a stock character.
From Walking-Stick Papers by Holliday, Robert Cortes
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