John Audley
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- (theater, slang) A fictitious person mentioned (e.g. "is John Audley there?") as a signal to shorten the performance of a show, to make room for a fresh audience.
References
[edit]- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
- Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English.