John Audley
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English[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
- (theater, slang) A fictitious person mentioned (e.g. "is John Audley there?") as a signal to shorten the performance of a show, to make room for a fresh audience.
References[edit]
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
- Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.