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Locked in a role
Answer for the clue "Locked in a role ", 8 letters:
typecast
Alternative clues for the word typecast
- Pigeonholed as an actor
- Always landing similar roles
- Not having many different parts?
- In extremes of torment, Spacey furious, given predictable roles
- Given the same sort of parts
- Use often in similar roles
- Acts badly after work at keyboard getting the same parts?
- Petty cash running short unfortunately? Always in the same position
Word definitions for typecast in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Typecast (foaled April 10, 1966) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse noted for her ability to win races at both short and very long distances.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I don't want to get typecast as a comedy actress. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Babur thinks he looks like a film star, the sort who gets typecast as a rugged mountain trapper. ▪ I don't want you typecast in khaki battle jacket. ...
Usage examples of typecast.
Every technological innovation was bitterly resisted by Luddite printers and publishers: stereotyping, the iron press, the application of steam power, mechanical typecasting and typesetting, new methods of reproducing illustrations, cloth bindings, machine-made paper, ready-bound books, paperbacks, book clubs, and book tokens.
If central casting had sent him to an HD producer for the role of an over-bred, cretinous aristocrat, the producer would have sent him back with a blistering memo about stereotypes and typecasting.