spear carriernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈspɪə ˌkær.i.ər/us/ˈspɪr ˌker.i.ɚ/in the theatre, someone who has a small part, usually without any words to say
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People of little importance
- a cog in a/the machine idiom
- be past your sell-by date idiom
- cannon fodder
- cipher
- inferior
- lightweight
- mediocrity
- minnow
- nothing
- past
- pawn
- pipsqueak
- plaything
- poor
- poor relation idiom
- pygmy
- waste
- waste of space idiom
- waster
- worm
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