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Definition of Scenemen
1. sceneman [n] - See also: sceneman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scenemen
Literary usage of Scenemen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"These accounts show what the house paid in ground rent and taxes, in salaries to
annuitants, for music and extra music, for scenemen ; to a great variety of ..."
2. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1809)
"Puff. What do you think of that ? Puff. And keeps quite clear, you see, of the
other. Sneer. Aye, or a comedy either. Enter scenemen, taking away the Seats. ..."
3. The Popular History of England by Charles Knight (1880)
"... where it is used to form a court, or a train, of scenemen or other rabble, to
raise a higher idea in the audience of the hero presented before them. ..."
4. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1859)
"... affect to give a long and pompous list, in imitation perhaps of the tricks of
the stage ; where it is used to form a court, or a train, of scenemen or ..."
5. Memoirs of the Life of David Garrick, Esq: Interspersed with Characters and by Thomas Davies (1818)
"... painters, scenemen, &c. &c., thought himself obliged often, to be on his guard
against innumerable requests, -questions, claims, and petitions, ..."
6. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"This was effected by grooves, and the machinery gave the carpenters and scenemen
a great deal of labor and vexation, for the serpent often stuck by the "way ..."
7. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"This was effected by grooves, and the machinery gave the carpenters and scenemen
a great deal of labor and vexation, for the serpent often stuck by the way. ..."
8. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"Tliis was effected by grooves, and the machinery gave the carpenters and scenemen
a great deal of labor and vexation, for the serpent often stuck by the way ..."
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