John Audley

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John Audley

  1. (theater, slang) A fictitious person mentioned (e.g. "is John Audley there?") as a signal to shorten the performance of a show, to make room for a fresh audience.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
  • Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.
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