One taking the blame; toes go (anag.) (6) |
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Moe Howard Larry Fine or Curly Howard |
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Moe, e.g. |
TV |
11 Feb 2024 |
Larry, Curly or Moe |
Universal |
06 Jan 2024 |
Puppet exploited by someone else |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Nov 2023 |
Lowly worker |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2023 |
Larry, Curly or Moe |
Universal |
21 Aug 2023 |
Foil lining trays too generously |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Jul 2023 |
Underling |
Newsday |
28 May 2023 |
Comic buffoon |
Premier Sunday |
05 Feb 2023 |
Lackey |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jan 2023 |
Lackey |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Dec 2022 |
Comedian’s associate got so upset before end of joke |
The Times Cryptic |
24 Oct 2022 |
Fall guy |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Oct 2022 |
Wise also to replace a fall guy |
The Guardian Quiptic |
03 Oct 2022 |
Wise also to replace a fall guy |
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Comedian's foil |
The Times Concise |
20 Aug 2022 |
Minion |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jul 2022 |
Butt of a joke |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2022 |
Moe, Larry or Curly |
New York Times |
04 Jul 2022 |
The butt of a comedian's jokes |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Jun 2022 |
Moe, Larry or Curly |
Family Time |
08 May 2022 |
Fall guy |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Apr 2022 |
Underling |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2022 |
Patsy |
The Washington Post |
19 Mar 2022 |
Patsy |
LA Times Daily |
19 Mar 2022 |
Innocent victim |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2022 |
Unwitting victim |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2022 |
Clip of Rose sending up, for example, Patsy |
Irish Times Crosaire |
12 Jan 2022 |
Comedian's straight man |
The Times Concise |
31 Dec 2021 |
Flunky |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Nov 2021 |
Unfortunately goes to butt of jokes |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Nov 2021 |
Comic's straight man |
The Times Concise |
01 Nov 2021 |
Trim rose, cutting back, for example, for Patsy |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Oct 2021 |
Fall guy |
Universal |
24 Sep 2021 |
Innocent victim |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2021 |
Unwitting victim |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2021 |
Fall guy within is too gentle |
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Fall guy |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Apr 2021 |
Gullible accomplice |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2021 |
One who slapped on TV |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Jan 2021 |
Straight-line speaker |
Newsday |
07 Jan 2021 |
Fall guy |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Dec 2020 |
Curly or Larry |
Universal |
04 Jul 2020 |
Lackey |
New York Times |
02 Jul 2020 |
Lackey |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2020 |
Underling |
New York Times |
28 Aug 2019 |
The butt of a comedian's jokes |
Irish Times Simplex |
01 Aug 2019 |
Comedian's foil |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jul 2019 |
Curly, for one |
Universal |
13 Jul 2019 |
Not-too-bright subordinate |
New York Times |
31 May 2019 |
Slapstick trio member |
USA Today |
12 May 2019 |
Moe, Larry or Curly |
New York Times |
23 Apr 2019 |
Goes to shake cat's-paw |
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Unwitting victim |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2019 |
Unwitting victim |
The Washington Post |
24 Feb 2019 |
Last of jokes also recalled for one comedy partner |
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Any of a classic slapstick trio |
USA Today |
04 Jan 2019 |
Any of a classic slapstick trio |
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Moe, Larry or Curly |
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Underling |
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Curly, for one |
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Slapstick trio member |
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Comedian's foil |
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Unwitting victim |
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Not-too-bright subordinate |
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Foil lining pans too generously |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Oct 2018 |
Moe or Curly, e.g |
The Washington Post |
20 Aug 2018 |
Moe or Curly, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
20 Aug 2018 |
Larry, e.g |
Jonesin |
31 Jul 2018 |
Slapstick trio member |
LA Times Daily |
26 Jul 2018 |
Slapstick trio member |
The Washington Post |
26 Jul 2018 |
Flunky |
The New Yorker |
02 Jul 2018 |
Comic foil |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jun 2018 |
Patsy |
Newsday |
24 Jun 2018 |
Moe, for one |
Universal |
10 May 2018 |
Dupe |
Wall Street Journal |
05 May 2018 |
Larry Fine was one |
USA Today |
28 Apr 2018 |
Moe, Curly or Larry |
Family Time |
22 Apr 2018 |
Con target |
The Washington Post |
19 Apr 2018 |
Con target |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2018 |
Moe, for one |
Premier Sunday |
01 Apr 2018 |
Moe, professionally |
Universal |
26 Mar 2018 |
Patsy |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Mar 2018 |
Moe, Larry or Curly |
Family Time |
12 Feb 2018 |
Moe, Curly or Larry |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2018 |
Moe, Curly or Larry |
The Washington Post |
29 Jan 2018 |
Larry Fine or Moe Howard |
Universal |
12 Jan 2018 |
Con target |
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Moe, for one |
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Comic foil |
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Larry Fine was one |
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Larry Fine or Moe Howard |
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Moe or Curly, e.g. |
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Moe, Curly or Larry |
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Slapstick trio member |
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Dupe |
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Performer's assistant goes to pieces when given new order |
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Howard, Fine or Howard |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2017 |
Butt |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Aug 2017 |
Yes-man |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Jul 2017 |
Fine portrayal? |
The Washington Post |
25 Feb 2017 |
Straight man |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2017 |
Straight man |
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Howard, Fine or Howard |
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Straight man |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2017 |
Straight man |
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Comedian's feed |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 Dec 2016 |
Over in Singapore, engineer makes a puppet |
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Patsy |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Oct 2016 |
Moe or Larry |
Premier Sunday |
02 Oct 2016 |
Moe, famously |
Universal |
25 Sep 2016 |
Flunky |
The Washington Post |
14 Sep 2016 |
Moe, Curly, or Larry |
The Washington Post |
27 Aug 2016 |
Straight man |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Aug 2016 |
Straight man |
The Guardian Speedy |
27 Mar 2016 |
Comic's straight man |
The Times Concise |
10 Mar 2016 |
Moe, famously |
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Lackey |
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Larry or Shemp |
Universal |
10 May 2015 |
Slapstick trio member |
New York Times |
07 May 2015 |
Moe, for one |
Family Time |
29 Mar 2015 |
Goose bumps covering either side of tight butt |
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Moe, Larry or Shemp |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jan 2015 |
Slapstick trio member |
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Slapstick trio member |
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Nose-tweaking trio member |
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Unwitting victim |
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Larry or Shemp |
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Comedian's sidekick |
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Howard, Howard or Fine |
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Cat's-paw |
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Moe or Larry |
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Moe, Curly or Larry |
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Moe, for one |
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Flunky |
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Larry, Curly or Moe |
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Willing butt of gags |
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Patsy |
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Easy mark |
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Patsy |
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Pawn |
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Fall guy |
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Curly or Larry |
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Moe, Larry or Curly |
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Larry Fine, for one |
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Patsy |
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Larry, Curly or Moe |
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Comedian's sidekick |
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Comedian's sidekick |
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Larry, Curly or Moe |
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Moe, Curly or Larry |
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Underling |
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Unwitting victim |
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Larry Fine, for one |
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Fall guy |
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Easy mark |
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Curly or Moe |
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Any one of a slapstick trio |
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Straight man |
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Shemp, for one |
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Any of a comedic trio |
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Moe, for one |
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Patsy |
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Moe, for one |
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Curly or Moe |
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Second banana |
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Puppet |
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Bozo |
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Straight man |
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Pie-in-the-face giver or receiver |
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Accomplice |
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Comedian's assistant |
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Moe, Larry, or Curly |
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Innocent victim |
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Slapstick group member |
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Patsy |
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Larry or Moe |
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Henchman |
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Comic trio member |
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Fall guy |
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Comic's foil |
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Fall guy |
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Slapstick trio member |
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Vaudeville comic's partner |
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Curly, e.g. |
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Slapstick trio member |
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Larry Fine, for instance |
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Butt of jokes |
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Second fiddle |
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Laughingstock |
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Moe or Curly |
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Howard, Fine or Howard |
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Curly's vocation |
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Curly or Moe |
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Larry Fine, for one |
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Comic underling |
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Butt of jokes |
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Curly or Larry |
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Larry, for one |
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Moe, for one |
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One of a Columbia Pictures trio |
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Moe, for one |
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Curly or Larry |
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Straight man |
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Shemp, for one |
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Larry, e.g. |
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Larry, for one |
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Slapstick trio member |
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Puppet |
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One of a slapstick trio |
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Flunky |
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Straight man |
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Underling |
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Curly, e.g. |
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Moe, e.g. |
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Straight man |
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Howard, Howard or Fine |
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Criminal's puppet |
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Fine character? |
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Straight man |
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Patsy |
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Howard, Fine or Howard |
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Comedian's sidekick |
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Line feeder |
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Curly or Moe |
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Shemp or Larry |
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Larry, Curly or Moe |
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Larry Fine role |
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Numbskull |
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Underling |
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Complete idiot |
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Dimwit |
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Unfortunately goes to butt of jokes |
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Larry Fine, for one |
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Line feeder, of a sort |
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Accomplice |
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Larry was one, Moe was another |
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Howard, Howard, or Fine |
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Larry or Shemp |
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Second banana |
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Larry, Moe or Curly |
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Lackey |
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Fall guy |
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Larry or Moe |
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Larry or Moe or Curly |
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Curly for one |
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Foil on the stage |
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Dummy |
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Curly or Shemp |
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Larry Fine for example |
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Comedian's foil |
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Puppet |
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Foil |
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Filmland's Joe Besser, e.g. |
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Moe, Curly or Larry |
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Curly was one |
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What Burns was to Allen |
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Comedian's assistant |
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Comedian's foil |
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Moe, e.g. |
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Curly, e.g. |
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Benny Hill aide, e.g. |
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Hanger-on |
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Gag feeder |
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One of a film trio |
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Moe Howard role |
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Moe or Curly |
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Stage butt |
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Curly, Moe or Larry |
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Patsy for a comic |
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Larry, Moe or Curly |
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Comic's foil |
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Foil. |
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Stage role. |
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Puppet. |
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Straight man. |
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Live puppet. |
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Actor of a sort. |
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Foil on stage. |
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Cousin of a straight man. |
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Comedian's target. |
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Relative of a straight man. |
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Comedian's butt. |
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Comedian's aide. |
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Comedian's foil. |
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Foil or underling. |
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Foil for a comedian. |
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He "feeds" a comedian. |
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Henchman: Colloq. |
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