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All the World's a Stage

Musicians, actors, dancers, and artists take their places in a colorful cast of collective expressions.

  • a queue of actorsSource: Lipton 1977
  • an entrance of actressesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a leap of banderillerosSource: Lipton 1977
  • a parenthesis of cellistsSource: Lipton 1977
  • an assemblee of choreographersSource: Lipton 1977
  • a shriek of claquesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a whine of clarinetistsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a pratfall of clownsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a riot of comediansSource: Lipton 1977
  • a shrivel of criticsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a float of dancers (female)Source: Lipton 1977
  • a flight of dancers (male)Source: Lipton 1977
  • a set of designersSource: Lipton 1977
  • a gild of directorsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a strip of ecdysiastsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a thrill of fansSource: Lipton 1977
  • a grope of groupiesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a tumbler of gymnastsSource: Lipton 1977
  • A melody of harpersSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a melody of harpistsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a schrei of heldentenorenSource: Lipton 1977
  • a blur of impressionistsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a spate of ingenuesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a neverthriving of jugglersSource: Lipton 1977
  • a pavanne of matadorsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a row of oarsmenSource: Lipton 1977
  • an illusion of paintersSource: Lipton 1977
  • a meter of percussionistsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a pound of pianistsSource: Lipton 1977
  • A poverty of pipersSource: Book of St. Albans; Lipton 1977
  • a skirl of pipersSource: Lipton 1977
  • a cry of playersSource: Lipton 1977
  • a plot of playwrightsSource: Lipton 1977
  • an iamb of poetsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a spite of prima donnasSource: Lipton 1977
  • a panic of producersSource: Lipton 1977
  • a pinch of producersSource: Lipton 1977
  • a brace of stagehandsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a wiggle of starletsSource: Lipton 1977
  • A seat of ushersSource: Book of St. Albans
  • a set of ushersSource: Lipton 1977
  • a string of violinistsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a measure of wardrobe ladiesSource: Lipton 1977
  • a cord of woodwindsSource: Lipton 1977
  • a worship of writersSource: Lipton 1977

About this collection

These expressions come from the collection’s records labelled Lipton 1977 and Book of St. Albans. They include historical and fanciful group names. Source labels are preserved; individual usage histories have not been assessed. Favorites are saved only in this browser.

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