cattle call

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nounSlang.

a theatrical audition that is open to everyone, especially to those who do not belong to a theatrical union.

Origin of cattle call

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First recorded in 1950–55

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How to use cattle call in a sentence

Others were more whimsical: Jennifer Hudson choosing to subjugate her ego and attend an open cattle call for Dreamgirls.
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One day I noted a musical cattle-call sung by an old man as he led his cows home to be milked.
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