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stand-in definition

☆ stand·-in (stand′in′)

noun

  1. a person who serves as a substitute for a film or television actor or actress as while lights and cameras are being adjusted
  2. any substitute for another

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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