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Meanings of scene-shifter in English

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Usage of scene-shifter in English
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She reply, 'As scene-shifter and prompter, M'sieu' Doltaire, you have a gift.
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 3
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Spangler, the scene-shifter and stage-carpenter, has the face and bearing of a day-laborer.
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
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You imagined, of course, that I was a scene-shifter.
Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
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I must have the good-will of all, be obeyed by all, from prima donna to scene-shifter.
Great Italian and French Composers
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Nature seemed to have turned scene-shifter, so artfully were the phases of this glorious spectacle successively developed.
Letters from High Latitudes / Being Some Account of a Voyage in ...
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A scene-shifter going by said that he had seen Mr. Lennox leave the theatre some twenty minutes ago.
A Mummer's Wife
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He tried acting, but did not succeed; and then became a scene-shifter, or something of the kind, at the Adelphi.
Two Years Ago, Volume II.
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The snow itself is but a new caprice, a simple stage decoration ready to disappear at the signal of the scene-shifter.
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel
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There was a hitch here somewhere; the scene-shifter was hardly up to his work, so that it was rather a failure.
Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough'
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Napoleon, who strove to imitate him 1800 years later, was a charlatan in comparison; a mere scene-shifter on a great theatrical stage.
A Short History of France
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It has no more of enchantment to him than the "magic fairy palace" of the ballet has to a scene-shifter.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 / A Magazine...
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It was an impressive sight, rendered double so be the sudden manner in which it was revealed to us by that scene-shifter the Wind.
Wake-Robin
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He, too, had taken the precaution of assuming an excellent disguise-peakedcap set aslant over one eye, grimy face, the blouse of a scene-shifter.
Castles in the Air
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The effect is as unpleasant as that which is produced on the stage by the voice of a prompter or the entrance of a scene-shifter.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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Spangler, the scene-shifter, who was an accomplice of Booth, was sent to the Dry Tortugas, served out his term and died about ten years ago.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
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The scene-shifters and gas-men were standing about; everything was supposed to be going up.
Ten American Girls from History
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