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laugh linenoun1(In a play or film) a line of dialogue intended to make the audience laugh: he has a few good laugh lines at his own expense...- She likes large gestures, preferably telegraphed in advance to cue the laugh lines.
- I notice that nowadays in politics you've got to get your laugh line first.
- Pity the poor candidates who believe they can get by on charisma, pandering, and laugh lines alone.
2A small wrinkle at the corner of the eye or mouth supposedly caused by laughing: there were laugh lines crinkling around her sparkling eyes...- His brow is uncreased by worry or doubt, and the only wrinkles he might acquire are laugh lines.
- Two crystal-clear blue eyes surrounded by laugh lines stared back at her.
- The chauffeur had wonderful laugh lines around her eyes.
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