- promptbook
- noun Date: 1809 a copy of a play with directions for performance used by a theater prompter
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
promptbook
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promptbook — /prompt book /, n. Theat. a copy of the script of a play, containing cues and notes, used by the prompter, stage manager, etc. [1800 10; PROMPT + BOOK] * * * … Universalium
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promptbook — n. copy of a script containing cues and instructions (used to prompt actors who forget their lines) … English contemporary dictionary
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