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Definition of Corner man
1. Noun. A man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corner Man
Literary usage of Corner man
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People by John Newton Boucher, John Woolf Jordan (1908)
"The man who notched the ends of the logs was called the "corner-man," and ...
A sharp ax, a true eye and a strong arm were the requisites of a corner-man. ..."
2. History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania by John Newton Boucher, John Woolf Jordan (1906)
"The man who notched the ends of the logs was called the "corner man," and there
were four of these, that is, one for each corner. ..."
3. Pioneer History of Indiana: Including Stories, Incidents, and Customs of the by William Monroe Cockrum (1907)
"The ball was in the hands of the corner man and was thrown from one to the other
until it had gone around and had been caught by each corner; ..."
4. The Slang Dictionary: Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast by John Camden Hotten (1865)
"American, CORNER-MAN, the end singer of a corps of Ethiopian or nigger minstrels.
In a theatrical advertisement in the Era there was, " Wanted a good ..."
5. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"CORNER-MAN or COVE, subs, (common).—I. A loafer; literally a lounger at corners.
... Curley Bond was well known in the district as a loafer and CORNER-MAN. ..."
6. "Pussyfoot" Johnson, Crusader--reformer--a Man Among Men by Frederick Arthur McKenzie (1920)
"I will see that you are not hurt," he said, and he followed after the lad, who
was scarcely out of sight of the office before a street corner man jumped on ..."
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