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stage-dooring

stage-dooring is the present participle and gerund of stage-door.

Meaning of stage-door

Verb

stage-door (third-person singular simple present stage-doors, present participle stage-dooring, simple past and past participle stage-doored)

  1. To ambush (an actor) at the stage door where they enter or leave a theatre, for example to ask for their autograph.
    • Stage-dooring (theatrical), hanging about the scenes or doors reserved for actors. Mr. refused to put the chorus ladies into tights, and the public was gently but firmly made to understand that stage-dooring was not allowed[…]1897, Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Gypsies' Jargon and Other Irregular...

Questions about stage-dooring

What is stage-dooring the present participle and gerund of?
Stage-dooring is the present participle and gerund of stage-door.

Words near stage-dooring in the dictionary

  1. stage-door
  2. stage-door Johnnies
  3. stage-door Johnny
  4. stage-door Johnnys
  5. stage-doored
  6. stage-dooring
  7. stage-doors
  8. stage-fright
  9. stage-gay
  10. stage-manage
  11. stage-managed

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