antickern.
/ˈantᵻkə/, U.S. /ˈænˌtɪkər/ rare.
A person who engages in antics; spec. (in quot. 1681) †a person who dances antics, esp. in a performance; see to dance antics at antic n. 2a (obsolete).
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1681 A. Behn 2nd Pt. Rover ii. 22 (stage direct.) Musick Playing, and Operators round below or Antiquers. Musick Plays, and an Antique Dance.
1925 G. J. Nathan Autobiogr. of Attitude iii. 36 The circumstance that a politician is gravely accepted by three or four hundred thousand..surely does not make him any better material for a cultivated man's risibilities than a mere stage anticker.
1937 Stage (N.Y.) Aug. 71 A young anticker from whom it [sc. the play] derives its title.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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