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Definition of Slapsticks
1. slapstick [n] - See also: slapstick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slapsticks
Literary usage of Slapsticks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mr. George Jean Nathan Presents by George Jean Nathan (1917)
"slapsticks AND ROSEMARY IT is the custom of the respected dramatic critic at
least once a year personally to recall with a great show of wistful affection ..."
2. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"... in the spectacular quality of the "shows" which were raised by his art, and
in the comic parodies or facile slapsticks which readily crept in. ..."
3. The Bookman (1911)
"... repartee with the entree, brag with the roast; knocks for Whistler and Kipling
with the salad, songs with the coffee; the slapsticks with the cordial. ..."
4. The Popular Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1918)
"... that have made the American drama a thing for mock and nose-fingering, a target
for slapsticks and tin broadswords. It is this influence that causes the ..."
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