standee

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English

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Standees (sense 1) in a bus in Singapore
Larger-than-life standees (sense 2) of celebrities in front of the Rose Theatre Brampton in Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Etymology

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From stand +‎ -ee.

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Noun

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standee (plural standees)

  1. Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus.
    • 1959 September, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 430–431:
      Recently I received a letter from Mr. A. H. Maclean, who travelled north by the 11-coach "Flying Scotsman", and remarked that the train "was filled to capacity and we were forced to stand in the corridor"—for nearly 270 miles— [...] Obviously the diesel was working well below her load capacity on this schedule and some addition to the formation ought to have been made to accommodate the standees.
  2. A free-standing, rigid print (usually life-sized), for instance of a celebrity, often displayed for advertising and promotional purposes.
    Synonym: cut-out
    He took a picture of me with a standee of Darth Vader at the premiere of Star Wars: Episode III.
  3. A board game piece made of cardboard inserted into a plastic base.
    • 2009 March 4, Martin Manning, BoardGameGeek[1]:
      I've always found the best thing to do with standees is to stick a small strip of clear tape to the edge of the cardboard that will be inserted into the stand. This prevents the shredding/tearing problem.

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