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Definition of Callboys
1. callboy [n] - See also: callboy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Callboys
Literary usage of Callboys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1918)
"Of such, in considerable part, our American play- composers: grown-up stage
children, ex-ushers, ex- callboys, ex-actors, ex-advance agents. ..."
2. Goethe: A New Pantomime by Edward Vaughan Kenealy (1850)
"Enough,—tis time the Prologue cease, • I see you're anxious for the piece.
Ho!—prompters, callboys, fiddlers, and scene-shifters, Prepare within there ! ..."
3. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1861)
"Don't forget the callboys, please sir !' You are very kind, vastly kind, my lads,
and I am mightily obliged to you, 'pon my word I am ; here's wenty francs ..."
4. The Poetical Works of Edward Vaughan Kenealy by Edward Vaughan Kenealy, Homer (1878)
"prompters, callboys, fiddlers, and scene-shifters, Prepare within there ! King the
bell . Behold ! The curtain rises - now, by Mother Bunch ! ..."
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