Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The space adjoining the stage of a theater in which the scenes are stored.
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- noun An area in a
theatre with access to thestage and theloading doors wherescenery is temporarily stored
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Examples
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"Is that the scenery?" he said to the secretary as they passed some tawdry looking flats lying against the walls of the scene-dock.
The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927
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The gigantic figure of the many-breasted Artemis, placed far back in the scene-dock, loomed through a blue mist, while the foreground of the picture was in yellow light.
The Story of My Life Terry, Ellen, Dame, 1847-1928 1908
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Wrecks and argosies and dead faces, mermaidens and subterranean palaces, and the traces of vanished generations; these are but a millionth part of its treasures: the Sub-Consciousness were perhaps better likened to the property-room and scene-dock of the Great Cosmic
Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895
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