Show Biz Dictionary: “Double”

| January 30, 2009

Double: monetary expression for $20.00

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Show Biz Dictionary: “1/2 a yard”

| January 30, 2009

1/2 a yard: monetary expression for $50.00

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Show Biz Dictionary: “A Yard”

| January 30, 2009

A Yard:  monetary expression for $100.00

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Show Biz Dictionary: “Dead Man”

| January 13, 2009

Dead Man: a log or 4×4 that is buried deep in the ground that is wrapped with a cable which extends to the surface to which a guy line is attached.  It’s purpose is to hold the safety lines tight for the center poles. This method is the last resort in soft or muddy soil.

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Show Biz Dictionary: “Stake Line”

| January 13, 2009

Stake Line: Steel axle rods surrounding the circus tent to guy off the tent…used in hard ground. Another type is called a stob, made of oak and used on sandy lots.

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Show Biz Dictionary: “Mitt Camp”

| January 13, 2009

Mitt Camp: a palm reader and their place of businesss, could be a tent or a house.

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Show Biz Dictionary: “NG”

| January 11, 2009

NG: No good

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Show Biz Dictionary: “Slough”

| January 11, 2009

Slough: to dismantle or to remove

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Show Biz Dictionary: “Copezer”

| January 11, 2009

Copezer: a person with a good brain

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Show Biz Dictionary: “G Top”

| January 11, 2009

G Top: This word is all but extinct…it stands for a tent where performers and work crew went to gamble. They were private games, the town people could not play. The last G top I saw was about 40 years ago.

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