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picture shows

picture shows is the plural of picture show.

Meaning of picture show

Noun

picture show (plural picture shows)

  1. (dated) Synonym of movie.
    • His family was from Maycomb County originally, his mother worked for a photographer in Meridian, had entered his picture in a Beautiful Child contest and won five dollars. She gave the money to Dill, who went to the picture show twenty times on it.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    movie

Questions about picture shows

What is picture shows the plural of?
Picture shows is the plural of picture show.

Words near picture shows in the dictionary

  1. picture rail
  2. picture rails
  3. picture rod
  4. picture rods
  5. picture show
  6. picture shows
  7. picture sort
  8. picture sorts
  9. picture tube
  10. picture tubes
  11. picture white

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