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- noun The
puppeteer who performs aPunch and Judy show .
Etymologies
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Punch + -man
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Examples
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Oh, wait, for Gil Thorp, I guess that should be "Pizza-making Punchman GO!"
Baltiblogs unclelumpy 2010
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Henry Mayhew interviewed one Punchman who refered to it as a "call" and said, they ain’t whistles, but calls, or unknown tongues, as we sometimes names ‘em, because with them in the mouth we can pronounce each word as plain as any parson.
Punch and Judy 2006
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Henry Mayhew interviewed one Punchman who refered to it as a "call" and said, they ain’t whistles, but calls, or unknown tongues, as we sometimes names ‘em, because with them in the mouth we can pronounce each word as plain as any parson.
Archive 2006-09-01 2006
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