calefareとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Singapore) IPA: /ˈkɛlɛfɛː/, /ˈkɛləfɛː/

名詞

calefare

1. (Singapore, slang) An extra (actor playing a minor role)
   • 2017, Caroline Lim Seow Ling, quoting No. 011, Beyond firm-customer interactions to better customer experience‎, Singapore Management University, page 185:

     I took on all kinds of odd jobs like sales promoter, counter staff, calefare, anything that pays.

   • 2019, Lim Leng San, quotee, edited by Justina Teo, Befriending Conversations: 20 Seniors, 20 Occupations, 20 Stories‎, Candid Creation Publishing LLP, →ISBN, page 65:

     Yes, I was a calefare in some TV dramas as well as stage plays.

   • 2023, Pauline Loh, Lion and Dragon Dance in Singapore, Singapore: World Scientific, pages 139–140:

     This makes the doll sound like some kind of traffic controller, a calefare add-on to the main show that is the dragon or the lion.