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/drɛs rɪhˈərsəl/ Listen

noun

Rehearsal n. The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. "In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer." "Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal."

Dress rehearsal (Theater), a private preparatory performance of a drama, opera, etc., in costume.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dress rehearsal" Quotes from Famous Books

... same I would love to go over to that big white house in the cherry trees, and see a dress rehearsal. They play Shakespeare." ...

— Dorothy Dale's Camping Days • Margaret Penrose

... smiled grimly. "They're having a quarrel, looks like.... Now the kid's telling Soapy to go to Guinea, and Soapy's pawing around mad as a bull moose. It's all a play. They don't mean it. But why? I reckon this dress rehearsal ain't for the calves in ...

— Crooked Trails and Straight • William MacLeod Raine

... dress rehearsal of "Men and Women" occurred a characteristic Charles Frohman incident. When the curtain had gone down Frohman hurried back to William Morris's dressing-room and said, "Will, that dress-suit of yours ...

— Charles Frohman: Manager and Man • Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman

... woman's clothes, not the one in armor—was made in the form of a door, which opened on hinges. The base of the statue was of wood. It was not finished until the day before the play and was used for the first time at the dress rehearsal, when it was left standing on ...

— The Camp Fire Girls at School • Hildegard G. Frey