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Paper a House (To)

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in theatrical phraseology, means to fill a house with “deadheads,” or non-paying spectators, admitted by paper orders. The women admitted thus, not being dressed so smartly as the paying ones, used to cover their shoulders with a “scarlet opera cloak,” often lent or hired for the occasion.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Pantomime
Panton Gates
Pantry. (French, paneteric
Panurge
Panyer Stone (The)
Pap
Papa, Father
Papal Slippers (The)
Paper
Paper a House (To)
Paper King
Paper Marriages
Paper-stainer (A)
Paphian
Papimany
Papyra
Papyri
Par. (A)
Par (At)
Paracelsists