Definition of Slapsticks

1. Noun. (plural of slapstick) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slapsticks

1. slapstick [n] - See also: slapstick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slapsticks

slapping
slapping down
slappings
slappity
slappy
slaps
slaps down
slapshot
slapshots
slapsies
slapstick
slapsticker
slapstickeries
slapstickers
slapstickery
slapsticks (current term)
slapsticky
slapt
slash-and-burn
slash and burn
slash fictions
slash line
slash pile
slash pine
slash pines
slash pocket
slashable
slashdot

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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