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Stand-in

noun

Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult). Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, relief, reliever, substitute. "We need extra employees for summer fill-ins"

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"Stand-in" Quotes from Famous Books

... stretched Him out on a cross o' wood, when He'd come down fer nothin' but to save 'em, 'n' stuck a spear big as a co'n-knife into His side, 'n' give Him vinegar, 'n' let Him hang thar 'n' die, with His own mammy a-stand-in' down on the groun' a-cryin' 'n' watchin' Him. Some folks thar never heerd sech afore. The women was a-rockin', 'n' ole Granny Day axed right out ef thet tuk place a long time ago; 'n' the rider said, 'Yes, a long time ago, mos two thousand years.' Granny was a-cryin', Uncl' Gabe, 'n' ...

— The Last Stetson • John Fox Jr.

... make a stand-in, and spilin' his own game all the time by talkin'. You can't say he talks, neither; he just opens his mouth and lets it say what it damn pleases. Is them real words he gets off, or does he make 'em up as he ...

— 'Me-Smith' • Caroline Lockhart

... stand-in, damn him," said Black Ben, one of the ranchers. "I'd like to plug him, but I don't want to get into ...

— The Desert Fiddler • William H. Hamby

... football and started off for the launch. He'd got about ha'fway to the shore when Willie—who'd been stand-in' with the rest of the help, lookin' on—stepped for'ard pretty brisk and whispered in the ear of the Pinkerton man. The detective jumped, sort of, and looked ...

— The Depot Master • Joseph C. Lincoln

Words linked to "Stand-in" : equal, surrogate, fill-in, reliever, replacement, alternate, double, relief, stand in, match, backup man, stunt man, peer, locum tenens, locum, stunt woman, backup, compeer