Bump-out

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of moving sets and equipment out of an event venue, such as a theatre or conference centre, after an event or performance. Australia

    "One company in particular, TAE, also played to tens of thousands of schools students in the Northern Territory and Queensland.[…]By the end of 1999, after years of hard yakka and a few too many bump-ins and outs, some full time company members were growing tired - including of being permanently ‘broke’."

  2. 2
    A small extension to a house, often involving the expansion of an existing room.
  3. 3
    A curb extension.

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bulb-out

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"One company in particular, TAE, also played to tens of thousands of schools students in the Northern Territory and Queensland.[…]By the end of 1999, after years of hard yakka and a few too many bump-ins and outs, some full time company members were growing tired - including of being permanently ‘broke’."

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