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straight man

NOUN
  1. a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian

How To Use straight man In A Sentence

  • A straight man and a good fisherman.
  • The jokester proceeds to counter all of the straight man's objections.
  • Laurel Canyon (2003), each focused on an innocent young woman swept up in the glamorously baffling sex-and-drugs scene swirling around a charismatic older female artist, the situation here is reversed; unexpectedly drawn in to and fascinated by the ultra-domestic household created by a pair of charismatic femmes, the swinger is the straight man (literally). SF Weekly | Complete Issue
  • She writes repeatedly about how she remained a virgin until she was 24, until, it seems, although she doesn't say so explicitly, she met her now husband, a shadowy figure who only really appears in her story when he's comedically useful as a straight man. Bossypants by Tina Fey – review
  • Being a straight man in gay circles taught him something about what it feels like to be on the other end of the male gaze.
  • For him to be basically the put-upon straight man surrounded by zanies, including Allison Janney as the wacky boss and Nate Torrence as her nincompoop son, seems like a waste. Ask Matt: Chicago Code, Castle, Fringe and More!
  • Becks feels "proud" to be called gayest straight man Dailyindia.com News Feed
  • At face value, the typical metrosexual is a straight man who has homosexual or effeminate characteristics.
  • He cannot believe that no one has approached him about being Basil Brush's straight man when the vulpine glove puppet resurfaces on TV next year.
  • He sipped from a can of Cherry Coke and exchanged a look with his straight man Munger, whose myopic self-containment seemed impregnable. American Everyman
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