Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A delay in a theatrical performance, due to dilatoriness of an actor or carpenter, or to any like cause.
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Examples
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I have to say the glitch felt phony to me -- a planned stage-wait so the crowd could get the perverse thrill they'd been hearing about.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past David Finkle 2011
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I have to say the glitch felt phony to me -- a planned stage-wait so the crowd could get the perverse thrill they'd been hearing about.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past David Finkle 2011
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I have to say the glitch felt phony to me -- a planned stage-wait so the crowd could get the perverse thrill they'd been hearing about.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past David Finkle 2011
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I have to say the glitch felt phony to me -- a planned stage-wait so the crowd could get the perverse thrill they'd been hearing about.
David Finkle: First Nighter: Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Turns Off the Past David Finkle 2011
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But, doubtless also convinced that there would be an accounting to his master for this night's work, he rose to his duty only after Mr. Maginnis had glared at him through a noticeable stage-wait, and then made the introduction as prejudicial as he dared.
Captivating Mary Carstairs Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905
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We had a solemn stage-wait, now, for about twenty minutes -- a thing I had counted on for effect; it is always good to let your audience have a chance to work up its expectancy.
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This stage-wait in the tragedy is doo to fear excloosive.
Wolfville Nights Alfred Henry Lewis 1885
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We had a solemn stage-wait, now, for about twenty minutes -- a thing
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5. Mark Twain 1872
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But this time there was no stage-wait; the door was instantly unlocked, unbolted, unchained and flung wide; and in it appeared the strange and welcome apparition of the _portier's_ round face all sunshine and smiles and welcome, in place of the black frowns and hostility that I was expecting.
Chapters from My Autobiography Mark Twain 1872
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We had a solemn stage-wait, now, for about twenty minutes -- a thing
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1872
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