Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Prize-packet
subs. phr. (theatrical).—1. A novice who pays to go on the boards.
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1899. Globe, 27 July, 7, 1. Another man spent a happy holiday as a strolling player, having got an engagement through an agent in a small company as a PRIZE PACKET.
