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gimmick
noun- a gadget, an ingenious device or contrivance such as may be used in crime and magic to deceive or distract, or commercially, especially in the entertainment industry, to attract publicity and attention US, 1926
“You Gotta Get a Gimmick”, Stephen Sondheim, 1959, is a song performed by striptease artistes demonstrating their ingenious methods of standing out from the crowd. - characteristics such as costume, haircut or entrance music that collectively make a professional wrestler stand out as a unique marketable commodity US
- What a gimmick they had! Lord Blearas, with his pageboy haircut and monocle, seemed to be constantly looking down his nose. Holmes, his manager, was impeccably upper class, with black bowler hat and walking stick. They never failed to rile a crowd. — Ted Lewin, I Was a Teenage Professional Wreslter, p. 22, 1993
- A gimmick may be owned by a wrestler or by a promoter; at Gleason’s one afternoon the rumor circulated that the Undertaker gimmick was purchased by the WWF for $75,000. — Sharon Mazer, Professional Wrestling, p. 48, 1998
- Alex’s new gimmick is that he requests the audience to be completely silent during the match so he can concentrate. — Herb’s Wrestling Tidbits, 14 November 1998
- “There’s one more thing we need to know,” Vince declared. “I need to know that you’re completely comfortable with your gimmick (costume).” — Mick Foley, Mankind, p. 373, 1999
- — Washington Post, p. N36, 10 March 2000: “A wrestling glossary”
- The gimmick Vince had come up with was for me to become a Federette. — Missy Hyatt, Missy Hyatt, p. 72, 2001
- the actual device used to rig a carnival game US
- The device used to gaff a game is the “gimmick” and is not to be confused with something one might pick up at the dime-store. — E. E. Steck, A Brief Examination of an Esoteric Folk, p. 9, 1968
- in poker, a special set of rules for a game US
- — George Percy, The Language of Poker, p. 39, 1988
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