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by-play

  [bahy-pley]
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–noun
an action or speech carried on to the side while the main action proceeds, esp. on the stage.
Also, byplay.

Origin:
1805–15
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byplay

noun
incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious" [syn: business] 
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