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One in an S.R.O. audience
Answer for the clue "One in an S.R.O. audience ", 7 letters:
standee
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Somebody who is forced to stand, for example on a crowded bus. 2 A life-size shape, for instance of a celebrity, cut out of cardboard, often used for advertising and promotional purposes.
Wikipedia
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A standee is a large self-standing display promoting a movie , product or event. They are typically made of foam-board , and may range from large self-standing posters to elaborate three-dimensional display devices with moving parts and lights. Standees ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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); "the allowed number of standees is posted" a lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity); ...
Usage examples of standee.
He lifted himself onto the expressway platform, made his way through the standees to the tight spiral ramp that led to the upper level, and there sat down.
Newman waited until just before the doors closed before boarding the train and pressed himself in with other standees, who were glad to be riding instead of fighting gridlock on the highways to get home.
All during the ride round by the ocean, the turn and the long journey east, she finds herself tensing every time the bus stops to take on passengers, finds herself craning her neck to peer around the standees and check out new warrivals.