figurante

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For Bessy is to the procession of Plough Monday what the leading figurante is to the opera or ballet, and dances about as gracefully as the hippopotami described by Dr. Livingstone.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.

My dear Friend, *** My exertions here have been incessant, for in whatever company I go, I am obliged to be the figurante of the circle.

From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.

She was employed as a figurante in a small theatre.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys

Well, I can be a nursery-governess, or I can sing in a chorus; I should make a very decent figurante, or I could go round with baskets.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various

Their malignant modesty does not deserve the respect of an intelligent figurante.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 by Various