stage wait
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of stage wait
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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"Now you'd better go on or there'll be a stage wait, and get back to ma as quick as you like."
From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton
There was an agonizing time getting us all introduced and a still more agonizing time of stage wait afterward.
From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort
An awkward stage wait followed, which lasted until John was seen crossing the deck, when there were more cheers, and General Poineau, resuming his pince-nez, brought out the address of welcome again.
From The Prince and Betty by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
It seemed to her that she was like an actress in an intense, passionate role, who is paralysed by what is called in the theatre "a stage wait."
From The Woman with the Fan by Hichens, Robert Smythe
I had to kiss everybody in the company goo' bye and that made the stage wait and the manager came chasing around without any goat and tol' me never to darken his door again.
From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by McGaffey, Kenneth
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