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end man
noun
- a man at one end of a row or line.
- a man at either end of the line of performers of a minstrel troupe, who plays on the bones or tambourine and carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of end man1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Example Sentences
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Even with the original players out there, because on the back end man, one play, one mess-up, that can be a touchdown.
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It isn't the shy and the timid who get the applause; the clown in tinsel and the end man in cork divide easy honors.
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The end man must have been just on the edge of the beams—half his right side lay twitching on the ground.
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To end man's suffering here would be a duty.
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My brother was to be end man and black up for the occasion.
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