n.
1.United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
2.United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)
3.a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789)
Idiom of the Day
pull (something) out of a hat
to get something as if by magic, to invent or imagine something
The team was able to pull victory out of a hat and win the tournament.