Synonyms for walking part


Grammar : Noun
Spell : wawk-on, -awn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔkˌɒn, -ˌɔn


Définition of walking part

Origin :
  • "minor non-speaking role," 1902, theatrical slang. Meaning "actor who has such a part" is attested from 1946. The sports team sense is recorded from 1974.
  • As in walk-on part : noun small acting part
Example sentences :
  • They had been walking part of the time in the throngs on the street.
  • Extract from : « Gladiator » by Philip Wylie
  • Some of the children always insist on walking part way home with me, especially little Billy here.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • He had come back, walking part of the way, and was now pleading to be sent out once more.
  • Extract from : « How the Other Half Lives » by Jacob A. Riis
  • "She," being but a love-sick white woman, of course talked in "pidgin" Fijian, but she had little more than a walking part.
  • Extract from : « The Fijians » by Basil Thomson
  • This was after the inspection was over, the young engineer at liberty, and he was walking part of the way back with Dick.
  • Extract from : « Dick o' the Fens » by George Manville Fenn

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