gagman

Example Sentences

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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

Aunt Benny, the female impersonator, looks and acts exactly like Comic Benny, the cigar-chewing gagman.

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