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Definition of Marx brothers

1. Noun. A family of United States comedians consisting of four brothers with an anarchic sense of humor.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marx Brothers

Literary usage of Marx brothers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow (2003)
"... legendary on the station, that crazy pair that's always zipping in and zipping away, like having your party crashed by two naked, coed marx brothers. ..."

2. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"... her upon his knee and playing horsie, he presents us with the inflammable Great Catherine as one of the Four marx brothers, and not Harpo either. ..."

3. Women at Thirtysomething: Paradoxes of Attainment (1991)
"(Freight Forwarder) marx brothers FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO., INC. (Cylinder Retester) MASTER BUILDERS (Shipper) MAT CHEMICALS, INC. (Shipper) MATSUSHITA BATTERY ..."

4. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"The Mexican director said his own work is influenced by Charlie Chaplin, and other American comedians like Buster Keaton and the marx brothers, ..."

5. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"... eg, Charlie Chaplin, the marx brothers, Laurel and Hardy (who were labeled Herbert Gasser and Joseph Erlanger), Babe Ruth, WC Fields, Mae West, ..."

6. Much Bigger Than Grownups: Chronicles of a Native South Africanby Shelley Wood Gauld by Shelley Wood Gauld (2006)
"As we filed into our first lecture, I heard the two Afrikaans Mare brothers, with their slap-stick marx brothers humor, chortle and refer to him as ..."

7. Bucks County & the Delaware River Valley Aliveby Shari Mycek by Shari Mycek (2002)
"... Broadway's luminaries, among them Moss Hart, Dorothy Parker, and the Marx Brothers. Kaufman's croquet games at the farm were reportedly legendary. ..."

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