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- noun Plural form of
curtain . - noun figuratively, in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show An
end ,death - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
curtain .
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Examples
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Agincourt.] [Footnote IV. 16: _Their ragged curtains poorly are let loose, _] By their _ragged curtains_, are meant their colours.]
King Henry the Fifth Arranged for Representation at the Princess's Theatre William Shakespeare 1590
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And yes, the ass wiping on the curtains is a good analogy.
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But it's also decorated like the coolest man cave ever, with fake palms over the crocodile tanks and leopard-skin curtains over the door.
Michael Shwedick's career handling reptiles came from childhood fascination Steve Hendrix 2010
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But it's also decorated like the coolest man cave ever, with fake palms over the crocodile tanks and leopard-skin curtains over the door.
Michael Shwedick's career handling reptiles came from childhood fascination Steve Hendrix 2010
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She also regularly wraps things small things in kleenex and shower curtains from the various hotels they stay at.
Common Household Items Make Packing Easier | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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But it's also decorated like the coolest man cave ever, with fake palms over the crocodile tanks and leopard-skin curtains over the door.
Michael Shwedick's career handling reptiles came from childhood fascination Steve Hendrix 2010
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She robbed the windows of their lawn and muslin curtains, replacing them with gaudy calico from the trade-store, and made herself several gowns.
Chapter 7 2010
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My sister and I won the costume contest cause my mom found material that looked exactly like the curtains from the movie.
'Fellowship of the Ring' at Radio City Music Hall: High-class geekery | EW.com 2009
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I decided it was probably an injured animal, so a bit nervously I pulled back the curtains from the French windows (yeah, yeah, but I got a crap room in the previous year's ballot so I was entitled) and there, flailing against the glass, was a zombie.
Utterly tedious faux laconic partisanism amuchmoreexotic 2008
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Why mention that Paul and orchestra were amplified when the desigh of the BPC places all musicians within curtains and the acoustical material over the audience?
For the First Time Matthew Guerrieri 2008
myth commented on the word curtains
It's curtains for you! Curtains!
April 16, 2009