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- adjective Before the
curtain rises at the start of aplay . - adjective Before the
curtain falls at the end of aplay .
Etymologies
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pre- + curtain
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All the usual clichés associated with the thrill of stage acting - from the paralyzing precurtain jitters to the revitalizing embrace of an audience - are not so much spoken as exhaled, as if they were the breath of life.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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