drop curtain
Example Sentences
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The house chandeliers rose, the lights dimmed, the orchestra tuned, the black drop curtain went up, and “Madama Butterfly” got underway.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2019
But it’s another kind of show-stopper I’m speaking of today, the kind my taxi friend fears lurks behind every drop curtain.
From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2011
Curator Jane Pritchard has scored a particular coup in getting her hands on the giant drop curtain painted by Picasso for Le Train Bleu, plus Coco Chanel's elegant sportswear-influenced costumes.
From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2010
The ballet itself has long disappeared, but the drop curtain, of two women bounding along a beach, has survived.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2010
It was the custom then for all stores to have wooden awnings with a kind of drop curtain awning which rolled up and down, and on the summer afternoons it was sure to be down.
From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Fawcett, Edgar
