prop
Example Sentences
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Prior to “Lady and the Tramp,” spaghetti appeared in entertainment as plain, white pasta and was utilized as a comedic prop.
From Salon
It has been a fixture in the Chinese stock market for more than a decade, usually buying exchange-traded funds, and was widely noted when it intervened to prop up prices during a 2015 crash.
Flanker Gary Graham, the son of former Scotland prop George Graham, grew up in Carlisle.
From BBC
Remnants of donated props and floats from parades past lie around the space under a viaduct that doubles as a driving school parking lot.
From Barron's
Staff hastily arranged emergency kits and hard hats as props around the lectern ahead of her remarks on the shooting.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
