| 单词 | stage-door johnny |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstage-door Johnny stage-door Johnny n. slang (chiefly U.S.) a (young) gentleman who frequents stage-doors for the company of actresses. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > gentleman frequenting theatre with amorous aims stage-door Johnny1912 1912 Out West Feb. 139/1 No theater can hope to do business without stage door Johnnies. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. 693 Those richlooking..drinks those stagedoor johnnies drink with the opera hats. 1952 W. Granville Dict. Theatr. Terms 169 Stage-door Johnny, the Victorian buck..who haunted the stage door of the Gaiety Theatre, London,..when some of the most beautiful women of the day were members of the chorus. 1976 N. Botham & P. Donnelly Valentino iv. 35 Two Ziegfield Follies girls who were doing the town with a pair of wealthy stage-door Johnnies. < as lemmas |
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