as in comedian
a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor
gagsters for the late-night comedy shows made light of the scandal
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But the stand-up comedian’s big-screen experiment is a bust.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026 -
The one-liners, which Foxworthy began cracking in the late 1980s, helped propel the comedian to mainstream stardom in the 90s.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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“Gagster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gagster. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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