prompt side

American  

Or prompt-side

noun

Theater.

1. the part of the stage that in the U.S. is to the right and in Britain to the left as one faces the audience. P.S.

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prompt side British  

noun

1. theatre the side of the stage where the prompter is, usually to the actor's left in Britain and to his right in the United States

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Etymology

Origin of prompt side

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

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prompt side

But she and others are concerned that targeting human proteins could prompt side effects.

From Science Magazine ● May 23, 2023

In the wings, on the prompt side, could be discerned the flannel-clad forms of the gentlemanly members of the male ensemble, all dressed up for Mrs. Stuyvesant van Dyke's tennis party.

From Jill the Reckless by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Three petals of my roses have fallen," I replied, "and there they all three are by the arm-chair on the prompt side, and you fell on the O.P. side.

From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Bernhardt, Sarah

Some say it is the prompt side that casts the evil spell, while others contend that it is the opposite side.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various

You, Mignon, you'll do me the pleasure of staying over here on the prompt side, and you, Fauchery, if you leave the O.P. side I'll chuck you out of the theater.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile