lace-curtain — /lays kerr tn/, adj. Sometimes Offensive. characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace curtain Irish family in Boston. * * * … Universalium
lace curtain — n a foreskin. A term from the homosexual lexicon, punning on a symbol of coy respectability which pre dates gay eman cipation … Contemporary slang
lace-cur|tain — «LAYS KUR tuhn», adjective. 1. fancy; pretentious: »Maybe if I describe the game in another, less lace curtain, way it will be easier to see (Scientific American). 2. characteristic of the middle class, sometimes emphazing a pretentious but… … Useful english dictionary
lace — {{11}}lace (n.) early 13c., laz, cord made of braided or interwoven strands of silk, etc., from O.Fr. laz a net, noose, string, cord, snare (Mod.Fr. lacs), from V.L. *lacium, from L. laqueum (nom. laqueus) noose, snare (It. laccio, Sp. lazo), a… … Etymology dictionary
Curtain — Cur tain (k[^u]r t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See {Court}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Curtain lecture — Curtain Cur tain (k[^u]r t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See {Court}.] [1913 Webster] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The curtain falls — Curtain Cur tain (k[^u]r t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See {Court}.] [1913 Webster] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The curtain rises — Curtain Cur tain (k[^u]r t[i^]n; 48), n. [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See {Court}.] [1913 Webster] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The Starlight Express — is a children s play by Violet Pearn, [Dramatist Violet Pearn, born at Plymouth in 1890, was the author of many plays, and adapted several of Algernon Blackwood s tales.] based on the imaginative novel A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon… … Wikipedia
Curtain — For other uses, see Curtain (disambiguation). For religious use, see Veil. Curtains at a Bed Breakfast. A curtain (sometimes known as a drape, mainly in the United States) is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light, or drafts, or… … Wikipedia
