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

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Examples from the Web for stage door

Historical Examples of stage door

If I'm not at home, let any man ask for me at the stage-door.
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens
I came to the stage-door, and I saw Therese standing at the top of the stair.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
He was an hour before the time, but by hazard he met the manager at the stage-door.
Despair's Last Journey
David Christie Murray
He only said, as he led the way to the stage-door, "I didn't know there was a Mrs. Maxwell."
The Story of a Play
W. D. Howells
He got me out through the pass-door on to the stage and through the stage-door.
Jill the Reckless
P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for stage door

stage door

noun

a door at a theatre leading backstage

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