props
proper or due respect or recognition; credit:I give him props for putting up with annoying customers.
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They love them as props or for decorating a white model in black face!
One Vogue Cover Doesn’t Solve Fashion’s Big Race Problem | Danielle Belton | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the barrios of Los Angeles the gangsters get the most props and respect.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs | Seth Ferranti | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe home was a direct representation of his character, so in place of dialogue, we used props and set design to convey his story.
Nitehawk Shorts Festival: ‘Brute,’ a Twisted Take on Playing in the Dark | Julia Grinberg | November 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe began operating out of her home garage in 1980, slowly acquiring the many props and tools that would decorate her dungeon.
What is offensive is having a bunch of African-American women with big booties in your videos twerking as props.
‘Dear White People’: How An Ex-Publicist’s Twitter Became One of the Year’s Most Important Films | Marlow Stern | October 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Upon such expectation, Allcraft stood—upon such props suffered his aching soul to rest.
It was almost an hour before help came in the shape of two men carrying some props.
The Underworld | James C. WelshThere she was, coming toward him from the other end,—and if the props gave way———!
That Lass O' Lowrie's | Frances Hodgson BurnettPhysically and mentally, we have manufactured so many props to lean upon that we can no longer stand on our own feet.
Paris Vistas | Helen Davenport GibbonsThis is dead reckoning, as the theodolite legs have been out of action for some time, splinted together to form tent-props.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for props
/ (prɒps ) /
slang, mainly US and Canadian proper respect: props to my dad
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