stage brace
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In those days for one to sit on the curtain-roller was a sure method of bringing the boss carpenter or property man with a stage brace for the prompt removal of the sitter.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various
I grinned at him foolishly and Bunch fell over a stage brace and disgraced himself.
From You Can Search Me by McHugh, Hugh
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