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- noun Plural form of
portiere .
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Examples
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The portieres were a very clever ruse of Mrs. Balmer.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929
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There are verandas on each side of the doorway with stone benches; the doorway and window frames are hung with "portieres" of split reeds, and a ladder does duty for door steps.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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But the next instant he had passed out of the hall through the heavy portieres and stood inside the drawing-room.
CHAPTER 7 2010
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Halfway up the stairs, I looked back to see Vera still hiding behind the beaded portieres, clinging to them for balance as her feet shuffled in rhythm to the music; watching until the very end.
My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010
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Halfway up the stairs, I looked back to see Vera still hiding behind the beaded portieres, clinging to them for balance as her feet shuffled in rhythm to the music; watching until the very end.
My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010
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Ms. LEIGH: (as Scarlet O'Hara) Great balls of fire, they're my portieres now.
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Ms. HATTIE MCDANIEL (Actress): (as Mammy) What you up to in Miss Ellen's portieres?
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Halfway up the stairs, I looked back to see Vera still hiding behind the beaded portieres, clinging to them for balance as her feet shuffled in rhythm to the music; watching until the very end.
My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010
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Ms. MCDANIEL: (as Mammy) Not out of Miss Ellen's portieres, not while I got breath in my body.
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Halfway up the stairs, I looked back to see Vera still hiding behind the beaded portieres, clinging to them for balance as her feet shuffled in rhythm to the music; watching until the very end.
My Sweet Audrina V.C. Andrews® 2010
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