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stage kisses

stage kisses is the plural of stage kiss.

Meaning of stage kiss

Noun

stage kiss (plural stage kisses)

  1. A kiss performed by actors on a stage, in a film, etc., thus simulating but lacking genuine romantic or sexual emotion.
    • "There's a stage kiss," she said. "I can't have my make-up ruined."1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 178

Questions about stage kisses

What is stage kisses the plural of?
Stage kisses is the plural of stage kiss.

Words near stage kisses in the dictionary

  1. stage gays
  2. stage hand
  3. stage hands
  4. stage Johnny
  5. stage kiss
  6. stage kisses
  7. stage left
  8. stage light
  9. stage lights
  10. stage magic
  11. stage magician

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