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end-of-pier

end-of-pier is the alternative form of end-of-the-pier.

Meaning of end-of-the-pier

Adjective

end-of-the-pier (not comparable)

  1. (UK, derogatory, usually) Pertaining to a bawdy, old-fashioned style of broad comedy.
    • Meanwhile, that butt of the end-of-the-pier comedian's joke, the mother-in-law as dictatorial hag, has become a figure associated with nostalgia for the days when workingmen's clubs were just that (and, indeed, marking a time when generations were forced to live cheek-by-jowl in the same household).1999, Andrew Blaikie, Ageing and Popular Culture, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 156

Questions about end-of-pier

What is end-of-pier the alternative form of?
End-of-pier is the alternative form of end-of-the-pier.

Words near end-of-pier in the dictionary

  1. end-of-history illusion
  2. end-of-life
  3. end-of-lifed
  4. end-of-lifes
  5. end-of-lifing
  6. end-of-pier
  7. end-of-the-pier
  8. end-of-the-world
  9. end-on
  10. end-on-end
  11. end-organ

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