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curtain-raiser n
1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre a short dramatic piece presented before the main play 2. any preliminary event the debate was a curtain-raiser to the election Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is very technical, and has reviews and curtain-raisers on the latest equipment in the market. In what seem to be curtain-raisers to the main 2010 event, a rash of hits on tourists and VIP visitors is unnerving angst-ridden South Africans. Prologues, epilogues, curtain-raisers, and afterpieces; the rest of the eighteenth-century London stage. |
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