Silvercloth

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The world of motion pictures. dated, no-plural

    "Mary Pickford is bringing the story-book children, beloved by young and old, to the silvercloth. (Motion Picture Magazine, November 1921)"

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"Mary Pickford is bringing the story-book children, beloved by young and old, to the silvercloth. (Motion Picture Magazine, November 1921)"

Etymology

From silver + cloth.

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motion picture

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