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  • noun Plural form of thesp.

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Examples

  • Mixed martial arts fighter Heath Herring is also starring with Latin American thesps Zulay

    Variety.com 2010

  • Top-name thesps would clamor for even bit parts in his films.

    Altman Made Pictures His Way Associated Press 2006

  • A parade of name thesps (Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Treat Williams, Alessandro Nivola) comes on to portray expert witnesses, while Jon Hamm, without having to much change his period look from "Mad Men," plays the defense attorney who ably steers the case being heard by a conservative, fair-minded judge

    Variety.com 2010

  • A parade of name thesps (Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker, Treat Williams, Alessandro Nivola) comes on to portray expert witnesses, while Jon Hamm, without having to much change his period look from "Mad Men," plays the defense attorney who ably steers the case being heard by a conservative, fair-minded judge

    Variety.com 2010

  • Fox 2000 is looking to place a number of big-name thesps in the smaller roles of the gods.

    Variety.com 2009

  • Fox 2000 is looking to place a number of big-name thesps in the smaller roles of the gods.

    Variety.com 2009

  • Variety reports that the "thesps" (stop it, Variety) of the SAG have asked "vidgame"

    Joystiq 2009

  • Perhaps Williams's most appealing trait in the circumstances is his generosity towards his fellow thesps.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Robin Williams Broadway-Bows in Rajiv Joseph's Toothless Play David Finkle 2011

  • Perhaps Williams's most appealing trait in the circumstances is his generosity towards his fellow thesps.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Robin Williams Broadway-Bows in Rajiv Joseph's Toothless Play David Finkle 2011

  • It is the kind of production that basically involves gathering up a lorryload of thesps at a loose end, dumping them in a tax-efficient sandy location, giving them a load of helmets to play with and a crash course in High Roman Speak, recording whatever results and scoring any emotional moments with sub-Enya or possibly Enya – it's so hard to tell music.

    TV review: The Untold Tommy Cooper; Ben Hur 2011

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