sideliner
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Another sideliner, Poet Lionel Stander, grates out Mr. Hecht's own highly debatable views on Love & Art, and dashes an occasional gruelly tear from his granitic eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Why," gasped one sideliner when Lady Bird started to swing, "she's doing the whole screaming bit!"
From Time Magazine Archive
Paul Hendricks rubbed his bald head and grinned in a way that attempted to prove him a disinterested sideliner.
From The Planet Strappers by Gallun, Raymond Z.
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