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99%15Exact Match!
noun

• a partner (who usually provides capital) whose association with the enterprise is not public knowledge

25%11Retired from show business in 1935 but returned briefly in 1947
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• Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950)

22%11 Actress who retired from show business in 1958
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• United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)

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