Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An attendant at the boxes of a theater.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An attendant at a theater who has charge of the boxes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
theatre attendant in charge of theboxes .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the meantime, as Shadwell relates, the rakes "live as much by their wits as ever; and to avoid the clinking dun of a boxkeeper, at the end of one act they sneak to the opposite side 'till the end of another; then call the boxkeeper saucy rascal, ridicule the poet, laugh at the actors, march to the opera, and spunge away the rest of the evening."
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Royal during the service, and desiring a seat, he thus addressed one of the attendants on the pews, "Here, _boxkeeper_, open this _box_."
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 575, November 10, 1832
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I make it a rule never to lend my box; but you have the _entrée libre_ whenever you wish to go there, as I informed the boxkeeper last year.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844
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Vaudeville almost entirely protected from inspection by its two screens; and, on tipping the boxkeeper, was told that it contained a short, stout, elderly gentleman and a lady who was wearing a thick lace veil.
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This person appeared at length; the boxkeeper had been assisting her to take off her cloak.
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This person appeared at length; the boxkeeper had been assisting her to take off her cloak.
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