deadhead
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Noun — Someone let into a theatre or concert for free, or paid to be there.
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Etymology
From dead + head. Some senses are derived from theater jargon (originally spelled dead head) for audience members admitted without paying, which probably arose in analogy to dead weight or deadwood in reference to their lack of contribution to revenue or in reference to their unenthusiastic (dead) response to performan...
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