Gagsmith

//ˈɡæɡ.smɪθ// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A comedy writer. informal

    "A Night at the Opera remains the Marx brothers' finest film, a serendipitous sample of the professional gagsmith's craft allied to preordained characters […]"

Example

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"A Night at the Opera remains the Marx brothers' finest film, a serendipitous sample of the professional gagsmith's craft allied to preordained characters […]"

Etymology

From gag + smith.

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