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prop

n.

aid, assistance, strengthener; see post 1.

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Another word for prop

noun

A means or device that keeps something erect, stable, or secure:

brace, buttress, crutch, shore, stay², support, underpinning. See support

verb

To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty:

bolster, buoy (up), support, sustain, uphold. See help

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He recognized that the fault of the government lay in the fact that it did not govern, and he deplored that his own function, in a decadent age, was but " to prop up mouldering institutions."
How many prop skeletons could there be in the small town of Ouray?
No. Not unless you want to talk to yourself while I prop up a zombie who won't hear a word you're saying.
"Prop her up," Wynn snapped.
610 B.e.) Greek mercenaries had been used to prop Pharaoh's throne.

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