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drop-scenes

drop-scenes is the plural of drop-scene.

Meaning of drop-scene

Noun

drop-scene (plural drop-scenes)

  1. (archaic) The curtain lowered in a theatre between the acts of a play, to allow for set changes etc.
    • ‘Well, I found myself seated in a horrid little private box, with a vulgar drop-scene staring me in the face.’1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Vintage, published 2007, page 46

Questions about drop-scenes

What is drop-scenes the plural of?
Drop-scenes is the plural of drop-scene.

Words near drop-scenes in the dictionary

  1. drop-out
  2. drop-outs
  3. drop-proof
  4. drop-ripe
  5. drop-scene
  6. drop-scenes
  7. drop-set
  8. drop-sets
  9. drop-shaft
  10. drop-shafts
  11. drop-ship

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