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plural Pops
A social club and debating society at Eton College. examples
The body of college prefects. examples
(also in plural) A popular classical music concert. quotations examples
As to the tall, curly-haired man, I suppose it was the one who was with me at the last Pop.
1897, Bram Stoker, “Chapter 5”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library
(colloquial, US, theater) Traditional nickname for a stage doorman. quotations examples
“All the other stars would leave the theatre wearing fur coats, fancy hats, and imported French shoes,” said Pop Stern, a longtime stage-doorman.
1982, Jhan Robbins, Front Page Marriage, page 186
[…] George Melford (Pop, stage doorman) […]
1999, Amy Dunkleberger, Patricia King Hanson, AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, page 216
[…] Ralph Sanford (doorman); A.S. “Pop” Byron (stage doorman); Allen Fox (photographer); […]
2020, Edwin M. Bradley, Hollywood Musicals You Missed, page 65