straight woman

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Noun[edit]

straight woman (plural straight women)

  1. A woman who plays the role of the straight man in comedy.
    • 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 75:
      The program [Wildboyz] does occasionally feature locals and experts, but these figures serve either as straight men or women or, more often, join in on the madness—such as when a Kenyan park ranger accompanies the Boyz on a silly song about snakes.
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