Definition of summer stock
: theatrical productions of stock companies presented during the summer
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The historic Ivoryton Playhouse is where Katharine Hepburn got her start in summer stock.
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Orson Welles, who attended prep school here for five years (his only extended bout of schooling), performed in the Opera House’s summer stock.
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Spanish stocks, one of the Heard on the Street’s summer stock picks, face headwinds.
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First Known Use of summer stock
1884
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See words that rhyme with summer stock Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about summer stock
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