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props

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prop 1  (prp)
n.
1. An object placed beneath or against a structure to keep it from falling or shaking; a support.
2. One that serves as a means of support or assistance.
tr.v. propped, prop·ping, props
To support by placing something beneath or against; shore up.
[Middle English proppe, probably from Middle Dutch.]
prop 2  (prp)
n.
A theatrical property.
prop 3  (prp)
n. Informal
A propeller.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.props - proper respect; "I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem"
deference, respect - a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; "his deference to her wishes was very flattering"; "be sure to give my respects to the dean"
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Translations
props
pl (Theat) → Requisiten pl


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But ploughed up to the primary rock of the matter, the two great principles laid down in the twin whaling laws previously quoted, and applied and elucidated by Lord Ellenborough in the above cited case; these two laws touching Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish, I say, will, on reflection, be found the fundamentals of all human jurisprudence; For notwithstanding its complicated tracery of sculpture, the Temple of the Law, like the Temple of the Philistines, has but two props to stand on.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
There was not one of them who had not readily accepted his invitation, there was not one of them who was not proud to sit at his table, there was not one of them who did not look upon him as one of the props of the Empire.
The Kingdom of the Blind by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
(an immensely fat old woman, with an inordinate appetite for butcher's meat, and a mysterious leg which had now refused to get out of bed for fourteen years) contrived the marriage, at a period when Sparsit was just of age, and chiefly noticeable for a slender body, weakly supported on two long slim props, and surmounted by no head worth mentioning.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
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