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  • verb Present participle of troupe.

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Examples

  • Her equipoise was regained, and with a coquettish interest in this handsome interviewer -- such girls always have an eye for future business -- he returned to her theatrical lodging house, in which at least dwelt her wardrobe and makeup box when she was "trouping" in some spangled chorus.

    The Voice on the Wire Eustace Hale Ball

  • To those looking for an exhilarating vacation let us commend a week of "trouping" on one-night stands with a theatrical company, which mirthful experience has just been ours.

    Pipefuls Christopher Morley 1923

  • Shortly, we were on the road -- "trouping," they call it in the odd and glorious world of the theatre -- with a little play in which we were partially incriminated, on a try-out voyage of one-night stands.

    Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Christopher Morley 1923

  • How could it not be when the performer has learned everything about her craft and has forgotten nothing in more than six decades of trouping?

    David Finkle: Elaine Stritch in the Stephen Sondheim Stretch 2010

  • These years of trouping had some practical benefits—much later, DeMille would assert that he could name at least one hotel in practically any town in America.

    Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010

  • It's like the early days when I was trouping -- how we used to skylark on station platforms!

    Dear Carl Ginny Woods 2010

  • In each image, the Blueberry Girl herself changes size, shape, shade and age, although she stays on the same winding path through the book, accompanied by the trouping birds and animals.

    Two new children’s books by comic book people 2009

  • Meanwhile, Democrats lead in the most competitive tier of Republican-held seats, as well as in the second-tier trouping of vulnerable GOPers — meaning there could be vulnerable Republican seats even outside of the 35 tested.

    Dem Poll: Democrats Poised For Gain Of 20 House Seats In 2008 2009

  • The Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs in a defiant red shirt, trouping the mountains stronger and more confidently than anyone else I saw up there.

    Archive 2006-08-01 bulgariangoodie 2006

  • The Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs in a defiant red shirt, trouping the mountains stronger and more confidently than anyone else I saw up there.

    bulgarian goodie bulgariangoodie 2006

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