property man
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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As the goosegirl in Die Konigskinder she drove the property man to distraction by her successful insistence upon having live geese on the stage.
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He pokes fun at the opera by showing the property man making a snowstorm out of paper, music lovers applauding before a duet is finished.
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Here he amused the spectators by his foolishness, got a job as property man, amused more audiences by his inept efforts to control his props.
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She stuck to her contention that the father of her grandchild was James Cannon, property man at the old Grove Street Theatre, San Francisco.
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In The Stolen Prince I was the property man, and I also played a pennywhistle, in an imitation of Japanese music, for atmosphere.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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