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warm prop

warm prop noun: an extra (type of actor).

Noun

warm prop (plural warm props)

  1. (derogatory, informal) An extra (type of actor).
    • Outside the editing room he whiled away the closing hours of the War as a volunteer extra, a warm prop in dreary military documentaries.1976, Wayne Thiebaud, Phoenix Art Museum, Wayne Thiebaud: Survey 1947-1976, page 16
    • They most often create work that features male hero talent and cast, while tending to use women as 'warm props', smiling ornaments exhilarated by the supermarket's offerings but without actually getting a speaking part.2017, R. J. Brideson, Blind Spots, page 166

Forms of warm prop

pluralwarm props

Questions about warm prop

What does warm prop mean?
Warm prop means an extra (type of actor).
What part of speech is warm prop?
Warm prop is a noun.
What is the plural of warm prop?
The plural of warm prop is warm props.

Words near warm prop in the dictionary

  1. warm hubs
  2. warm ionized medium
  3. warm line
  4. warm lines
  5. warm over
  6. warm prop
  7. warm props
  8. warm regards
  9. warm someone's heart
  10. warm space
  11. warm spaces

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