playbill
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- noun
- /ˈpleɪˌbɪl/
- US
:
programa
- I felt somewhat reassured by Director Scot Mann's notes in the playbill: "We're also choosing to tell Shylock's story without watering down either his harshness or humanity... this is a deeply troubling story...
- old playbill
- read the playbills
- tickets and playbills
Examples
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After lunch, while Harriet napped, he tried to find the playbill.
Fiction book (1992) -
Which reminds me: where did you say the playbill is?
Fiction book (1992) -
But I want to talk to you about the playbill.
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Hard to know the players without the playbill.
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Would you be kind enough as to autograph my playbill?
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I teared up as they handed me my very first Playbill.
Blog text (17) -
Ban has tickets from the West End and playbills that will surely be worth something someday.
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Most of the acting companies had gone to the countryside and wouldn't need the playbills she published every year.
Fiction book (1993) -
Jackson whistled his way to Main Street, angling toward the Saenger Theater so he could read the playbills.
Fiction book (1999) -
Before the show started, I checked the playbill to see who was performing.
Synonyms
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2.0
A list of performers at a show or event
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Playbill comes from play and bill, and bill used to mean a 'printed notice' or list, like on a billboard. So a playbill is the printed paper you get at a play that lists the cast and other details.