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  1. A gambling game in vogue about 1850–60, especially in Boston. It was, in effect, a crude sort of dice-throwing. Small shells were partially ground down and their hollows filled with sealing-wax. Four of these shells were shaken in the hand and thrown on a table, the stake being won or lost according to the number of red or white sides coming up.
  2. The shells used in this game.
  3. The property-man of a theater. [Theatrical slang.] The property-man, or, as he is always called, props for short. New York Tribune, July 14, 1889.
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  • One of my props was a story that had recently sold to the magazine. —  Asimov'sSF,Dec2005
  • Otherwise, my props were a wicker tray with a lid and cheap baize lining, the stock of trinkets and knickknacks my friend had lent to me, a limp that I had perfected through long practice, a cap that had seen much wear, and a barely visible smudge on my face I had a considerable advantage over most peddlers: Money was of no concern to me. —  AHMM, September 2006
  • The retractable dagger must have slid out of the belt as the props were placed on the tables. —  Lovers, Make Moan - Gladys Mitchell-Bradley 60
  • Like a teetering building constructed on foundations of sand, where the props are supported by more props, and up there, on the top floor with their heads in the clouds, the liberal elite perform a balancing act rushing to and fro in a desperate effort to stop their crumbling edifice tumbling to earth. —  The British National Party
  • With a garden rake and Blendtec blender as his props, Wright spoke at the Public Relations Society of America's —  ClickZ News Blog
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