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What is a stand-in?

What is a stand-in? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A person of similar size and shape to an actor who "stands in" for that actor during the lengthy process of setting up a shot, but who, unlike a double, does not appear in the film.
  2. A substitute.
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As stand-in captain, he handled a very difficult situation with characteristic professionalism.
On tape day, Dean would come in, watch a run-through with the stand-in, then go out and replicate the stand-in's actions.
He was chipping cheeky penalties past a stand-in goalkeeper.
The en suite shower room has a tiled stand-in shower, a hand basin and a dormer window.
I had the stand-in summon her on the office telephone, then I withdrew all vitality from it.
He walked out of casualty and got to the studio a few seconds after a stand-in had started the show.

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