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Standby   /stˈændbˈaɪ/   Listen
Standby

adjective
1.
Ready for emergency use.  "A standby crew"





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"Standby" Quotes from Famous Books



... 'Jewel Song.' It's always a good, showy standby. Let go—the way I heard you practice the other Sunday morning—and forget that it's Auchinloss or anyone else listening ...
— Star-Dust • Fannie Hurst
... straws handy, have your silver and china ready at hand so that when your guests arrive you may devote your time and attention to them. The following menus are not hard to prepare and the dishes will be found most palatable and suited to every purse: Veribest Canned Meats, the standby of the housewife who combines economy of time with excellence of quality, are used in many of them. There is a wide range of these meats delicious and many ways of using them. Every pantry should have at least one shelf devoted to them so that the housewife need never be at a loss for the ...
— Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 - A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest • Various
... couldn't bear to do that. It seemed too dreadful to tell Roger what had happened. She thought next of Kenneth, who was a standby as a loyal friend, but he was far downtown in his office, and might be ...
— Patty's Social Season • Carolyn Wells


Words linked to "Standby" :   role player, actor, secondary, histrion, thespian, stand by, thing, player


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