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footlights

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foot·lights  (ftlts)
pl.n.
1. Lights placed in a row along the front of a stage floor.
2. The theater as a profession.

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
Noun1.footlightsfootlights - theater light at the front of a stage that illuminate the set and actors
forestage, proscenium, apron - the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
theater light - any of various lights used in a theater
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Translations
footlights [ˈfʊtlaɪts] NPL (in theatre) → candilejas fpl
footlights [ˈfʊtlaɪts] nplrampe f
footlights
pl (Theat) → Rampenlicht nt; the lure of the footlights (fig)die Anziehungskraft der Bühne or der Bretter
footlights [ˈfʊtˌlaɪts] npl (in theatre) → luci fpl della ribalta
footlights [ˈfʊtˌlaɪts] npl (in theatre) → luci fpl della ribalta


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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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