Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One using standing room.
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- noun Somebody who is
forced to stand, for example on a crowded bus. - noun A
life-size shape, for instance of acelebrity , cut out ofcardboard , often used foradvertising andpromotional purposes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity)
- noun someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train)
Etymologies
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Examples
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UPDATE: Markus from Germany has sent in pictures of a Cloverfield "standee" in Munich.
Cloverfield Movie Poster Dennis 2007
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UPDATE: Markus from Germany has sent in pictures of a Cloverfield "standee" in Munich.
Archive 2007-11-01 Dennis 2007
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A screened building of one huge room, it contained two double rows of three-tier "standee" canvas bunks on gas-pipes.
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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On the other hand, I also remember attending San Francisco Opera as a standee when I was a student and it was quite an exciting and heady experience.
Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011
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On the other hand, I also remember attending San Francisco Opera as a standee when I was a student and it was quite an exciting and heady experience.
Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011
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All I knew about it was the enormous standee, and that it was from Dreamworks.
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HeyUGuys. com and E1 Home Entertainment have teamed up for a contest to give three lucky winners the chance to win a life-size cardboard standee of Bella, Jacob, or Edward.
TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR MARCH 15TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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On the other hand, I also remember attending San Francisco Opera as a standee when I was a student and it was quite an exciting and heady experience.
Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011
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And no, I'm not at all embarrassed to request a seat, knowing that I paid my standee dues in years past.
Where riders stand on Metro seating Robert Thomson 2011
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On the other hand, I also remember attending San Francisco Opera as a standee when I was a student and it was quite an exciting and heady experience.
Susanne Mentzer: Facing the Music Susanne Mentzer 2011
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