property man
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
In vaudeville his wife, whom he divorced for infidelity two years ago, used to act as property man.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
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
A property man, dressed in black, moved items around the stage, concealed by his dark clothing, lighting, and the imagination of the audience.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
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