stage door

noun

a door at the back or side of a theater, used by performers and theater personnel.

Origin of stage door

First recorded in 1770–80

Words Nearby stage door

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How to use stage door in a sentence

Performing eight shows a week was somehow freeing, and the fans waiting outside the stage door made the connection immediate.
Brandy isn’t just back. She matters. | Helena Andrews-Dyer | October 29, 2020 | Washington Post
We do know that the night after he saw her a large bunch of roses greeted Jeanne Duval at the stage door.
Baudelaire’s Femme Fatale Muse | James MacManus | May 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
In Eloy's expo, there is a nod to Robinson, Galliano's man in the shadows smiling coyly at the stage door.
Paris' Sad Galliano Expo | Tracy McNicoll | June 21, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
He had no notion of just what were the fixed post rights of anybody waiting at a stage door to see an actress.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood Broun
The desire to confide in somebody eventually took Peter around to a stage door, though not the one at the end of the alley.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood Broun

They cost me many a dollar to send through the stage-door by the gouty Cerberus at the gate when Bella trod the boards.
Belford's Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3, February 1889 | Various
Two of the shows were already over, and the curtain was about to rise on the third, when Field reached the stage door.
The Slave of Silence | Fred M. White
Before Hurstwood could act, two ladies flounced across the broad walk and disappeared in the stage door.
Sister Carrie | Theodore Dreiser

British Dictionary definitions for stage door

stage door

noun

a door at a theatre leading backstage

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