lobby lobby /ˈlɑːbi/

noun

1. () A large entrance or reception room or area  ( antechamber , anteroom , entrance hall , foyer , hall , lobby , vestibule )
   a large entrance or reception room or area
    The lobby was spacious and had plenty of seating options for the guests to relax in
   The lobby was spacious and had plenty of seating options for the guests to relax in
   
   
2. An interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying  ( advocacy group , lobby , lobby group , pressure group , special interest , special interest group , special-interest group , third house )
   an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
   
3. The people who support some common cause, business, principle or sectional interest  ( lobby )
   the people who support some common cause, business, principle or sectional interest
   

verb

1. () Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors  ( buttonhole , lobby )
   detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
   

 ponce ponce /ˈpɑːns, ˈpɑːnseɪ/

noun

1. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)  ( fancy man , pandar , panderer , pander , pimp , ponce , procurer )
   someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
     The pimp controlled a network of prostitutes and profited from their work.
   The pimp controlled a network of prostitutes and profited from their work.
   
   
2. [British, Vulgar] A man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses  ( ponce [British, Vulgar] )
   a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses
   

 fly rod fly rod /flaɪ rɒd/

noun

1. A long flexible fishing rod used in fly fishing  ( fly rod )
   a long flexible fishing rod used in fly fishing
    He sat by the river, casting his fly rod and hoping to catch some trout.
   He sat by the river, casting his fly rod and hoping to catch some trout.
   
   

 Kinetoscope Kinetoscope /kɪˈnɛtəskoʊp/

noun

1. A device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture  ( Kinetoscope )
   a device invented by Edison that gave an impression of movement as an endless loop of film moved continuously over a light source with a rapid shutter; precursor of the modern motion picture
    The kinetoscope played a pivotal role in the early days of motion picture history.
   The kinetoscope played a pivotal role in the early days of motion picture history.