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footlights [ˈfʊtˌlaɪts] pl n Theatre
1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) lights set in a row along the front of the stage floor and shielded on the audience side 2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Informal the acting profession; the stage ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations footlights pl (Theat) → Rampenlicht nt; the lure of the footlights (fig) → die Anziehungskraft der Bühne or der Bretter 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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To be sure he had a mustache, which in those days devoted a man to wickedness, but by day it was a blond mustache, quite flaxen, in fact, and not at all the dark and deadly thing it was behind the footlights at night. I wanted to cross the footlights and help the slim-waisted Armand in the frilled shirt to convince her that there was still loyalty and devotion in the world. She was a sprightly young woman, very smart and merry and decorously voluptuous, and of that fascinating prettiness that wins the hearts of boys and storms the footlights. |
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