juve
(dʒuːv)
Colloq. abbrev. of juvenile lead. Also attrib.
| 1935 Variety 17 Apr., Jones is a good-looking juve and possesses a corking tenor. 1968 P. Loraine Dead Men of Sestos viii. 115 I'm the young tenor, the juve, the one with the tennis racket. 1974 Observer 25 Aug. 22/3 The cherished tradition which demands that the worst thing about the Hammer horror [film]s shall be their juve leads. |