property man
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In vaudeville his wife, whom he divorced for infidelity two years ago, used to act as property man.
From Time Magazine Archive
She stuck to her contention that the father of her grandchild was James Cannon, property man at the old Grove Street Theatre, San Francisco.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the goosegirl in Die Konigskinder she drove the property man to distraction by her successful insistence upon having live geese on the stage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before he became a vaudeville actor, Joe Penner had been a choir boy, magazine salesman, Ford filing clerk, property man for an act called "Rex the Mind Reader."
From Time Magazine Archive
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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