| 单词 | property boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasproperty boy property boy n. a boy who appears in a scene, play, etc., but takes no part in it; (also) a boy who helps manage the stage props. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor playing specific type of part > with little or nothing to say property boy1685 supernumerary1755 walking gentleman1769 walking lady1769 figurant1775 statist1807 showgirl?1836 super1838 walker-on1876 property child1885 supe1885 walk-on1923 spear-carrier1960 1685 J. Dryden Albion & Albanius iii. sig. G2 The Saints advance, To fill the Dance, And the Property Boys come in. 1796 Precious Relics ii. i. 28 Confound the property boy, he has forgot to leave the ink on the table. 1888 Perry (Iowa) Chief 27 Jan. He gave instructions to a property boy in a country theater to roll the thunder at a certain cue. 1950 Hollywood Q. 4 323 In the infancy of the motion picture industry, the property boy, the costumer, the art department, and everyone else concerned with the making of a picture, relied on his own imagination. 2004 Sun (Nexis) 1 Mar. Benny's money ran out but he found a job as a property boy at the East Ham Palace theatre. < as lemmas |
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