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- adjective Done or made before or in preparation for a
performance
Etymologies
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Examples
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What kind of preperformance theater rituals do you have?
Smoking—And Fuming—In Bed Alexandra Alter 2011
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His self-control was extraordinary, but, early in the evening, when I left him alone in his room to take his usual preperformance siesta, as I stood in the wings, I could hear him sobbing.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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His self-control was extraordinary, but, early in the evening, when I left him alone in his room to take his usual preperformance siesta, as I stood in the wings, I could hear him sobbing.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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His self-control was extraordinary, but, early in the evening, when I left him alone in his room to take his usual preperformance siesta, as I stood in the wings, I could hear him sobbing.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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His self-control was extraordinary, but, early in the evening, when I left him alone in his room to take his usual preperformance siesta, as I stood in the wings, I could hear him sobbing.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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His self-control was extraordinary, but, early in the evening, when I left him alone in his room to take his usual preperformance siesta, as I stood in the wings, I could hear him sobbing.
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009
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We shuffled to get out of the way while Bruce led his band on a preperformance pep rally.
Fair Game Valerie Plame Wilson 2007
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Concert pianists take propranolol, a hypertension and angina medication, to ease preperformance jitters.
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Is something wrong, or is it just the usual preperformance nerves?
All Through The Night Mary Higgins Clark 1998
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Is something wrong, or is it just the usual preperformance nerves?
All Through The Night Mary Higgins Clark 1998
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