Drop-scene

noun

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  1. 1
    The curtain lowered in a theatre between the acts of a play, to allow for set changes etc. archaic

    "‘Well, I found myself seated in a horrid little private box, with a vulgar drop-scene staring me in the face.’"

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"‘Well, I found myself seated in a horrid little private box, with a vulgar drop-scene staring me in the face.’"

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