One-liner

"One-liner" in a Sentence (4 examples)

Tom's a master of the one-liner.

This problem is a one-liner.

witty one-liners

Every crass or tone-deaf moment – including a sexual encounter between Eggsy and a socialite, played by Poppy Delevingne, that at best feels entirely misjudged and at worst a complete betrayal of Eggsy’s cheeky but ultimately quite sweet character – is matched by a wonderfully droll one-liner or nugget of razor-sharp satire.

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