Brewer's: Pro.'s

Professionals- that is, actors by profession.

A big crowd slowly gathers, And stretches across the street; The pit door opens sharply, And I hear the trampling feet; And the quiet pro.'s pass onward To the stage-door up the court.

Sims: Ballads of Babylon; Forgotten, etc.

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