Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In theatrical, a play in which the actors are costumed in the style appropriate to the period represented, if earlier than the modern or present period.
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This, however, is merely a costume-piece put in to explain the implacable hatred of Madame Defarge, which Dickens does not pretend to approve of.
Collected Essays 1900
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