Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man employed to write jokes or comedy routines, as for a professional entertainer or show.
- noun A comedian who uses gags, especially a standup comedian.
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- noun someone who writes comic material for public performers
- noun a comedian who uses gags
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Examples
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For the next four years Mr. Etaix worked for Tati as a draughtsman, gagman and ultimately as an assistant director on "My Uncle."
Still Clowning Around Tobias Grey 2010
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In 1954, Mr. Etaix's skills as a gagman and clown brought him to the attention of France's reigning king of cinema comedy, Jacques Tati, who employed the younger man to help him develop his film "My Uncle."
Still Clowning Around Tobias Grey 2010
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As expected the gagman becomes the Jokester taking on many of the gimmicks our very own New Earth Joker has been employing since his introduction oh so many years ago.
The Search for Ray Palmer: Crime Society | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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It's often noted that the switch hurt McKimson's unit; though Pierce was the story man on one of his best cartoons, "Hillbilly Hare," he was described by Lloyd Turner as "the least creative" of the studio's three main writers, and while he was good at story structure and pop-culture parodies, he was fairly weak as a gagman and had "personal problems" i.e. he drank a lot.
Archive 2008-07-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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It's often noted that the switch hurt McKimson's unit; though Pierce was the story man on one of his best cartoons, "Hillbilly Hare," he was described by Lloyd Turner as "the least creative" of the studio's three main writers, and while he was good at story structure and pop-culture parodies, he was fairly weak as a gagman and had "personal problems" i.e. he drank a lot.
Freleng and Foster Jaime J. Weinman 2008
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Former Looney Tunes gagman Ted Pierce would thunder at story meetings, Are we discussing anything funny?
UPA: Winning Awards is Fine Revenge. But It's Tough to Beat the HUAC Steve Hulett 2006
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A Jack-of-all trades under Mussolini - newspaper columnist, cartoonist, insurance salesman, typesetter, shop window designer, and gagman for the radio and the cabaret - Fellini came to the film world after the Allied liberation of Italy.
RIA Novosti 2010
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