Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To act the supe, in either sense.
- noun A supernumerary in a theater; a super.
- noun A toady; especially, one who toadies the professors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Theatrical Cant A super.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated, slang, theater A
extra orwalk-on .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A supe is a fellow that assists the stars and things, carrying chairs and taking up carpets, and sweeping the sand off the stage after a dancer has danced a jig, and he brings beer for the actors, and helps lace up corsets, and anything he can do to add to the effect of the play.
The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 1878
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"Portia is afraid she is going to be hoarse," announced another "supe" importantly.
Betty Wales Senior Margaret Warde
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She had once been on the studio lot when a girl of about her own age, a "supe" like herself, was arrested for thieving in the women's dressing-rooms.
The Dust Flower Basil King 1893
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No doubt you will have fun acting as "supe" with the boys.
My Boyhood John Burroughs 1879
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This morning's ruling cleared the way for the convicted child rapist, locally-registered sex offender, fugitive sex murder suspect, and buddy of PUSD supe Percy Clark to be remanded to the custody of the Orange County Sheriff for transportation back to
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Another thing to fix on that “Superhero”, too, is to take the small purple area between “supe” and “rhero” and move between “super” and “hero.”
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Why supe out your car when you can take the engine and mount it raw on a banana-shaped boat?
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This gun is super reliable, easy to field strip, and has tons of after market parts to supe it up.
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This gun is super reliable, easy to field strip, and has tons of after market parts to supe it up.
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