asbestos curtain
Example Sentences
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The big asbestos curtain hushed all that and the Metropolitan's regular season was ended.
From Time Magazine Archive
This he proposed to accomplish by means of an asbestos curtain which, on being dropped, would at once become rigid with the wall on either side.
From Asbestos Its production and use, with some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Jones, Robert H.
It was after these hand clapping attempts to extinguish the fire had proved futile that McMullen shouted a call for the asbestos curtain to be put down.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
The act curtain and the asbestos curtain are raised.
From The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Wayburn, Ned
The asbestos curtain refused to work, and the stage hands and players began to hurry from the theater.
From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various
