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curtain lecture

curtain lecture noun: a scolding given by a wife to her husband in bed.

Noun

curtain lecture (plural curtain lectures)

  1. A scolding given by a wife to her husband in bed.
    • I have pawn'd already her Tuftaffaty Peticote and all her Child-bed linnen, besides two tiffiny Aprons, and her bearing-cloth, for which I have had already two curtaine Lectures, and a black and blue eye.1649, Francis Quarles, Virgin Widow, act II, scene 1
    • I still prevailed, and would be in the right, / Or curtain lectures made a restless night.1714, Alexander Pope, The Wife of Bath

curtain lecture meaning in Tamil

curtain lecture in Tamil

தலையணை மந்திரம், நடப்புப் பணிகள்

Examples of curtain lecture in a sentence

  • A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering.1819, Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle:
  • Yes, she may toss her head and hector, / But she shall have a curtain lecture ...1829, William Combe, The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, Canto 1:
  • Before she went, she gave Robert several curtain lectures; but he had little time for her and avoided her.1973, Christina Stead, The Little Hotel, Text Classics, published 2016, page 201:

Forms of curtain lecture

pluralcurtain lectures

Origin of curtain lecture

An allusion to the curtains that hung around old-fashioned beds.

Questions about curtain lecture

What does curtain lecture mean?
Curtain lecture means a scolding given by a wife to her husband in bed.
What is curtain lecture in Tamil?
Curtain lecture in Tamil is தலையணை மந்திரம், நடப்புப் பணிகள். See Curtain lecture meaning in Tamil.
How do you use curtain lecture in a sentence?
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering.
What part of speech is curtain lecture?
Curtain lecture is a noun.
What is the plural of curtain lecture?
The plural of curtain lecture is curtain lectures.

Words near curtain lecture in the dictionary

  1. curtain bangs
  2. curtain call
  3. curtain calls
  4. curtain coating
  5. curtain coatings
  6. curtain lecture
  7. curtain lectures
  8. curtain off
  9. curtain raiser
  10. curtain raisers
  11. curtain ring

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