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family circle

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family circle
n.
A section of theater seats that are less expensive than some others.
family circle
n
1. members of a family regarded as a closed group
2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Chiefly US the cheap seating area in a theatre behind or above the dress circle
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Noun1.family circle - rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seatsfamily circle - rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats
second balcony, upper balcony, peanut gallery
area - a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
balcony - an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium
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On the evening of the 9th of November in 1878, at about nine o'clock, young Charles Ashmore left the family circle about the hearth, took a tin bucket and started toward the spring.
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But their father, though very laconic in his expressions of pleasure, was really glad to see them; he had felt their importance in the family circle.
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I won't hear it spoken of," said the princess in the same petulantly playful tone in which she had spoken to Hippolyte in the drawing room and which was so plainly ill-suited to the family circle of which Pierre was almost a member.
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