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  • noun A person in charge of cinematic props.

Etymologies

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prop +‎ master

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Examples

  • For the show, Night Sky, I was brought into the project very late, after the original propmaster had to depart.

    Faux woodgrain on chairs maryrobinette 2009

  • And with that, I was whisked across the street into another dimly lit bar, which the propmaster had transformed into a warehouse of everything 1934.

    Bryan Burrough: This Reporter Gets to Play One Onscreen: Bryan Burrough Burrough, Bryan 2008

  • John Ford had a propmaster like Eddie; he ended up running 20th Century-Fox.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • We stuck it in the purse - or more precisely, the propmaster did.

    Memphis Flyer Susan Ellis 2010

  • We stuck it in the purse - or more precisely, the propmaster did.

    Memphis Flyer Susan Ellis 2010

  • Gründlehämmer, the 3-hour long, debut rock opera from the creative quartet of director Aran Keating, music coordinator & actor Dylan Koehler, band director John DeCampos, and propmaster & floor manager Eli Breitburg-Smith.

    Baltiblogs 2010

  • * "Artifacts of the Island: Inside The Lost Prop House" (14: 07) Rob Kyker, "Lost" propmaster, shows us a lot of stuff that probably got sold this weekend in Santa Monica.

    Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. 2010

  • Me being the geek in the group, I was propmaster for the bomb.

    freshnews.org - most clicked links 2010

  • If you don't want anything to do with it, that's cool, but if you're really going out of your way … It's just like David said, the propmaster, everyone who worked on the movie, everyone, even the driver, even the teamsters, they were like, "Watchmen is awesome."

    unknown title 2009

  • Special guests include Sean Nelson (formerly of Harvey Danger), choreographer Amy O'Neal as dance consultant and, supposedly, Abraham Lincoln as "propmaster."

    The Seattle Times 2008

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